Arabian Rice
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups long grain rice
- 1⁄2 cup thin vermicelli, broken into small pieces
- 200 g lean ground lamb or 200 g beef
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon white pepper powder
- 2 teaspoons ground allspice
- salt, to taste
- 800 ml chicken stock
- 50 g pine nuts, lightly roasted
directions
- Place rice in a bowl with cold water and leave to soak for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil and butter in a large heavy saucepan, add the chopped onion and minced meat and fry until golden brown and breaking down any lumps in the mince.
- Add the broken vermicelli and fry for another 5-10 minutes till slightly brown.
- Drain and wash the rice till water runs clean.
- Add the rice into the pan and give it a good stir (but be careful as to not break the rice in the process).
- Add in all the spices and mix it in well.
- Add in the boiling-hot stock and give it all one good stir.
- Cover the pan and simmer over low heat for about 15-20 minutes (till all the water's been absorbed and rice cooked through).
- Take the pan off the heat, take the lid off and cover the pan with a clean towel and leave to rest for 10 minutes.
- Gently fluff up the rice with a fork and serve with pine seeds sprinkled on top.
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Reviews
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Loved it-loved it! Have cooked it several times now and think it is one of the best comfort-food-dishes for me! Okay,I did only use 1 Tbsp of oil and 4 Tbsp. butter,1/4 tsp of salt and beef broth instead if chicken broth,otherwise I did as the recipe reads.I served it with roasted red bell peppers and onion,and on each plate a 1/2 roasted pousin,and it was a fabulous meal. Thank you for sharing this wonderfull recipe!
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What a fantastic tasting rice - this dish so different from rice dishes I've made - we loved it. I will have to seek out more Arabian recipes! Made this using ground beef - went light on the cinnamon and all spice - found I liked the combination so will increase the amount next time around. Made using the updated recipe - on step 8 put it all into my rice cooker to finish - perfect! Thank you for sharing. Into my family favorites cook book for this one.
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This was great, very authentic. I love Middle Eastern food and this is just like the rice they serve in my favourite Lebanese restaurant. Very easy too, though I recommend that you soak the vermicelli before you try to break it up; it's much easier and less messy that way. Thanks for a yummy rice dish! :-)
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