Muchboos (Arabic Chicken-Rice recipe)

Muchboos (Arabic Chicken-Rice recipe)

(An Arabic dish of rice & chicken where the rice is cooked in the chicken broth & topped with the friedn chicken, served with dakoos/hot-sauce/tobasco, fresh salad & laban)


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PrepTime : Serves : Cook Time
10 Min 4-5 30 Min


Ingredients :

1 full 1kg chicken
2 large cut onions
1 1" cinnamon stick
5 cardamoms
3-4 red dried chilies
5 cloves
1/2 tsp pepper corns
3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp garlic-ginger paste
2 tsp salt
cooking oil
1/2 tsp red chili pwd
1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp cumin pwd
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 glasses rice - washed & drained
4 glasses water


Cooking Ingredients :

In a pressure cooker/ vessel, fry chopped onions in 2 tbsp heated oil, then add whole spices (cinnamon, cardamoms, red dried chilies, cloves, tsp pepper corns, bay leaves) & fry well. Add the garlic-ginger paste & salt & fry well. Add the whole chicken & toss the spices over & around it - fry for 2 minutes, tossing gently. Add the water, cover & cook till the chicken is done. Take the chicken out from this vessel & add the rice to it. Cook rice in this water & transfer onto a serving tray. Smear the cooked chicken with the red-chili, turmeric, cumin & pepper powders & the soy sauce and shallow fry on a frying pan in 2 tbsp heated oil. Turn over & ensure both sides are well colored to a dark red-brownish to golden-brown. Place this cooked chicken on the rice tray & serve with a cold salad, dakoos (or tobasco sauce/ hot sauce) & laban.

Note: This recipe can also be made with lamb but this is how we made it growing up in Kuwait.