Mohammed's Scrumptious Saleeg Recipe!

Saleeg Recipe

2 cups basmati rice To cook the chicken: 500 gram chicken breasts 1 peeled red onion Salt Black pepper 3 cardamom seeds Bay leaf 1 cinnamon stick Chicken stock cube @maggiarabia —- 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 finely chopped red onions 2 finely chopped tomatoes Salt Black pepper Cumin Mixed spices (can basically be anything you have in your spice rack) Juice of 1 lemon 100 grams of unsalted butter Mastic 4 cups of milk —- - wash and soak your rice in warm water and set aside - wash the chicken with salt and water - in a pot add chicken and water and bring to boil - remove any fat on the surface of the water, and once removed add the peeled onion, salt and pepper, cardamom, bay leaf, cinnamon and chicken stock cube @maggiarabia - cover the pot and leave over medium heat for one hour - strain the chicken and set aside in a baking pan and keep the chicken stock - heat the vegetable oil and add the chopped onions - cook the onions until soft and brown in color - add the tomatoes, spices and lemon juice - stir and cook over medium heat for 15 mins - spread this mixture over the cooked chicken and put in the oven (350 F) for 30 mins - while the chicken is cooking, melt the butter in a pot an add the mastic - when the mastic melts add the rice and cover it with 3 inches of your chicken stock - cover the pot and let the rice cook over medium heat - once the rice has soaked up all the stock, start adding the milk gradually while continuously stirring as to not burn it - once the rice soaks up all the milk and you have the perfect texture (similar to oatmeal), it is ready to serve with your chicken and doqqos salad - —- *Doqqos salad: 4 tbsp of cilantro leaves 1 tomato Juice of one small lemon 1 small chilli pepper - add all the ingredients in a blender and serve with your saleeg