Maqluba - Middle Eastern Recipe

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Maqluba

🌍 Middle Eastern, Palestine/Jordan Difficulty: ●●●○○



Ingredients

  • 500g chicken pieces
  • 300g rice
  • 1 large eggplant (sliced)
  • 2 tomatoes (sliced)
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 800ml chicken stock
  • oil

Method

  1. Frying — Fry eggplant slices until golden. Brown chicken, onion.
  2. Layering — Layer in pot: tomato, eggplant, chicken, onion, then rice. Pour stock over.
  3. Covering — Cover, cook medium 10 min, low 30 min. Rest 10 min. Invert onto platter.