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Qaubili Pilau Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Sunny / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago The original recipe called for Lamb but I'm not such a fan. I used chicken instead and it was great. Prep:20m Cook:60m Servings:4	Sunny
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Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil

1 sweet yellow onion, diced

2 lbs boneless chicken

1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground cloves

1/4 tsp. ground cardamon

1/2 tsp. ground cumin

1/2 tsp. garam masala

1 tsp. salt

2 cups water - or chicken stock - not broth, that will be too salty.

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 carrots

1 tsp. sugar

1 cup raisins

1 cup blanched almonds

2 cups basmati rice

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. saffron

1 cup water - or as needed

Directions

In a heavy pot, fry the onions until golden brown. Cut the chicken into bite-size cubes and add to the onions. Add salt and spices. Add water. Mix well, cover and cook until the chicken is done - about 10 min.

Meanwhile cut the carrots into toothpick-size pieces. Fry them in vegetable oil with sugar until tender. Remove from oil. Add raisins to the oil and fry until they swell up. Remove from the oil. Add almonds to the oil and brown. Remove and set aside.

Once the chicken is done, remove from the water and set aside. Add rice to the remaining chicken stock. Add salt and enough water as recommended for the rice. Boil until the rice is done, about 20 minutes.

Once the rice is done, remove from the pot and put it on a oven-save caserole. Place chicken on top of the rice, cover and cook on 300 degrees for about 20'.

Serve by placing the chicken on a serving plate, covering it with the rice, and topping it with the carrots, raisins and almonds.

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Comments

jaie 2 years, 2 months ago said:
The flavors sound great! How is that pronounced!?!? I'll try it even if I can't pronounce it :D I am with you, like the chicken...lamb not so much!

shirleyoma 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I like how it sounds, chicken or Lamb.. I like both, sounds good!

kitchen_fantasy 2 years ago said:
Interesting might want to try sometime

jencathen 1 year, 6 months ago said:
This is it! I was just asking in one of the groups for this recipe. The only difference is they didn't put any meat in it when I ate it.

Yay! Yummy.

lindal34 1 year, 6 months ago said:
It looks like it's pronounced "cow billy peel ow " but it's got to taste like Chicken Curry! One of my most favorite things. I may not be able to find cardamom any time soon but I'll bet it's good without it anyway. I'm cooking this soon!

berry 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Sunny... this is great!!!
Thanks for the post...

jencathen 1 year ago said:
I made this tonight. It's on the table cooling as we speak. I wasn't sure when to put the saffron in so I put it in at the end with the rice. Also I used turmeric instead of Spanish saffron as it is cheaper and gives the nice yellow tint. I didn't know until researching a substitute for saffron that I could use it. Thanks for the great recipe.

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