Arabic Chicken Maklouba
Chicken Maklouba is a meal in a pot. It has all the nutrients you need plus fabulous taste. chicken, mangold, rice, tomatoes and white wine.
Servings: 8
Calories: 279kcal
Ingredients
- 1 kg cubed chicken breast
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 diced white onions
- 8 strips diced celery
- 1 kg chard (mangold)
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 tsp lemon peel
- 1 lemon, juiced
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 10 springs chopped coriander
- 3 tomatoes, sliced
- 4 cloves chopped garlic
- 1.5 cups brown rice, cooked
- 1½ cups water
- salt, to taste to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cut the chard leaves into strips.
- Cut tomatoes into slices.
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and cook the chicken for 4 minutes until brown on both sides, move to a medium sized pot as first layer (eventually will be top after turned over).
- In the same pan you cooked the chicken, heat the remaining olive oil with the onions and cook for 3 minutes until gold, add the celery and cook for 3 more minutes.
- Add mangold and cook for 2 more minutes, add the wine and simmer for 7 minutes.
- Add lemon peel and lemon juice, spices, mix for a minute and remove from flame.
- Add coriander and mix.
- Add the mixture onto the chicken.
- Place above the tomatoes, garlic and rice.
- Add the water, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
- Place pot aside for 10 additional minutes and then turn over the pot on a clean plate.
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Notes
Protein: 34g Carbs: 25g Fat: 4g
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