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Upside-Down Chicken & Rice (Maqloobeh)

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This is a staple in Jordanian cuisine. The idea is to cook everything in a pot, and then invert it onto a serving plate so the bottom is on the top. The baharat spice that is listed can be found in any middle eastern grocery. However, if you don’t have one of those close by, it is a mixture of cumin, cardamom, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.

Ingredients

  • 8 pieces Chicken, Uncooked
  • 1 whole Small Onion
  • 2 Tablespoons Garlic
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 3 Tablespoons Baharat Spice (see Note)
  • Salt And Pepper, to taste
  • 4 cups Water
  • 4 cups Chicken Broth
  • 1 whole Eggplant
  • 1 head Cauliflower
  • Cooking Oil
  • 4 cups Uncooked Basmati Rice
  • 1 cup Pine Nuts Or Slivered Almonds

Preparation

1. Dice the onion and garlic. Throw into a large saucepan with the olive oil. Cook until soft, just a few minutes.

2. Add chicken, spices, salt and pepper to taste. Add water and broth. Bring to a boil, then simmer on low until chicken is done, approximately 45 minutes.

3. While chicken is cooking, slice 3 1/2-inch rounds off of the eggplant. Dice remaining eggplant.

4. Wash cauliflower and break into smaller florets.

5. Fry the cauliflower and eggplant in cooking oil in a small pan until brown.

6. Once chicken is done, pull it from the cooking liquid and SAVE all of the cooking liquid.

7. In another large saucepan, place the three rounds of eggplant on the bottom. Layer the chicken on top of the rounds. Then layer the vegetables (cauliflower/eggplant) on top of the chicken.

8. Pour the uncooked basmati rice over the whole mixture. Then gently pour in all of the saved cooking liquid.

9. Heat on high until boiling and then watch for the rice to be cooked (about 15-20 minutes).

10. Once rice is cooked, get a very large serving plate. Invert the plate onto the pot, and then turn the pot and plate over onto the table. Remove the pot gently. The dinner should come out as a mold of the pot with the chicken on top and rice on the bottom. It may fall apart, but that’s not a big deal.

11. Toast the pine nuts or almonds and sprinkle over the top.

12. Enjoy!

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stephanyjoy on 3.11.2010

It was in the description: The baharat spice that is listed can be found in any middle eastern grocery. However, if you don’t have one of those close by, it is a mixture of cumin, cardamom, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.

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stonemaven on 9.5.2009

I don’t see any note about Baharat Spice?

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