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·Machboos De'ai
Step 1 of 5

Take all the stuff in the list from the cinnamon stick all the way down to the crushed garlic and put them in a pot or pressure cooker. Add the chickens and fill with enough water to cover them by and inch. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of salt (of to taste; if your tasting the salt in the water you'll want to add the chickens last). You'll be saving the liquid for making the rice later. Boil for one hour in a regular pot, or 35 minutes in a pressure cooker.

Ingredients for this step (4 servings)

  • 1cinnamon stick, broken into chunks (darseen)
  • 0.5bulb of garlic, peeled and smashed (thoom, can also be chopped)
  • 710–950mllong grain basmati rice, aish basmati, regular long grain can be substituted at a loss of flavor
  • salt, mil'h
  • 2whole chickens, zabiha; cleaned and cut in half (de'ai'tain)
  • cinnamon, for dusting
  • water, for boiling
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