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Ingredients
Rice and chicken
-
400
g Egyptian rice
or 400 g short-grain rice - 2 tbsp Arabian spice mix
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 pinch pepper, freshly ground
- 1000 g chicken breasts, cut into strips
- 50 g olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 100 g onions, cut in halves
- 200 g beef mince
- 1000 g water
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 3 dried bay leaves
Sauce
- 40 g butter, cut in pieces
- 60 g flour
Garnish and serving
- 20 g almonds, roasted
- 20 g pine nuts, roasted
- 20 g unsalted pistachio nuts, roasted
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2782 kJ / 665 kcal
- Protein
- 54.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 63 g
- Fat
- 21.7 g
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