Najdi & Hijazi
Kabsa
Saudi Arabia's beloved national rice: long-grain basmati cooked in a fragrant tomato-and-loomi meat stock with baharat, mounded over tender lamb or chicken and scattered with fried nuts and raisins — the dish of the shared platter.
1 hr 40 min · Serves 6 · Medium
6
Ingredients
Base
Rice
Spice
Garnish
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 25 min · Cook 75 min · 100 min total
- medium
- 1
Build a meat stock with onion, tomato, garlic, pierced loomi, and kabsa baharat; simmer the meat until tender.
- 2
Cook the rice in the strained stock so every grain absorbs the spice and meat flavor.
- 3
Mound rice, top with the meat (sometimes finished under a grill), garnish with fried nuts and raisins.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.
