Cardamom Infused Chicken With Rice (Saleek) Recipe

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Cardamom Infused Chicken With Rice (Saleek)
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Ingredients:

  • 4 cups water
  • 7 green cardamoms (peel the skin slightly so seeds can fall out)
  • 2 tsp salt (to taste)
  • 3/4 cup basmati rice
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 tbsp ghee
  • 2 pieces gum arabic (mastikah do not leave it out)

Directions:

  1. Boil chicken in the water with cardamoms and salt, until soft and tender (1 hour).
  2. Remove chicken to an oven tray.
  3. Strain chicken broth into a big bowl and pour back into the cooking pot.
  4. Add rice to the broth, taste for salt.
  5. Cook rice till extremely soft and mushy.
  6. Add milk and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring continually on low heat.
  7. Heat ghee and mastikah in a saucepan on the stove till mastikah melts (it would not work in the microwave).
  8. Add melted mastikah to the rice and mix well. Switch heat off close pot and rest for 10 minutes.
  9. Pop chicken under the grill to redden.
  10. Place rice onto serving plate arrange chicken over the rice.
  11. Serve with doggos (Saudi Salsa (Zalaata or Doggos)) and Arabic salad (Arabic Salad).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1061.01 Kcal (4442 kJ)
Calories from fat 893.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 99.29g 153%
Cholesterol 239.33mg 80%
Sodium 919.02mg 38%
Potassium 386.2mg 8%
Total Carbs 18g 6%
Sugars 4.08g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0.3g 1%
Protein 24.17g 48%
Iron 11.8mg 66%
Calcium 128.4mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 217.88 Kcal (912 kJ)
Calories from fat 183.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.39g 153%
Cholesterol 49.15mg 80%
Sodium 188.72mg 38%
Potassium 79.31mg 8%
Total Carbs 3.7g 6%
Sugars 0.84g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0.06g 1%
Protein 4.96g 48%
Iron 2.4mg 66%
Calcium 26.4mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 29.4
    Points
  • 30
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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