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how to make kabsa?
This is one dish that everyone makes different. This is a traditional Saudi meal, some people eat it every day.This recipe below is the way i make kabsa.You can add finely chopped green pepper if u want. Alot of Saudi's put tabasco sauce or a home made salsa/tabasco on their kabsa individually.This meal is often eaten with the hands and everyone eats off of the same large platter.
ingredients:
Basmati rice-3 cups uncooked and washed1 finely chopped onion1/2 head garlic finely chopped1/2 cup pine nuts 3 chicken bouillon cubes1/4 -1/2 cup butter5 and 1/2 cups water
Recipe:
Sautee the onion, garlic and pine nuts in the butter. Once this mixture is browned add the water and bouillon cubes. Once the wateris boiling put in the rice, turn down heat to a low boil and leave for about 10-15 minutes. Let the rice sit for 15 minutes once you've turned off the heat, gently stir the rice in the pot, basmati isn;t suppose to be mushy like chinese rice so be careful when u stir, don;t really stir, kind of gently lift the rice with a large wooden spoon.You also don;t want to over cook basmati, this will take trial and error to get it perfect.Cook the chicken the way you prefer, i prefer to put it in a baking pan and sprinkle with seasonings and bake til its done, then broil so the skin is crisp.The way this dish is served by Saudi's is to put the rice first on a large platter, put all of the chicken on top of the rice. Kabsa is often served with a salad, and a stew called "saloona", saloona is also something that everyone makes different from the next person