Lebanese Festive Chicken with Rice

Name: Lebanese Festive Chicken with Rice
Cuisine: Cypriot
Ingredients: 1 chicken; 1 kg lamb or beef mince; 2-3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 ½ cups long-grain rice (Carolina or parboiled); 1 cup blanched almonds; 2 medium onions; 2 bay leaves; 4-5 cardamom pods; 3 tablespoons mixed spices; salt

Recipe by Nina Diola Skordi

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INGREDIENTS

1 chicken
1 kg lamb or beef mince
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
2 ½ cups long-grain rice (Carolina or parboiled)
1 cup blanched almonds
2 medium onions
2 bay leaves
4-5 cardamom pods
3 tablespoons mixed spices
salt

METHOD

Wash the chicken and place it in a pot to boil. Add the bay leaves, 1 chopped onion, the cardamom, and 1 tablespoon of mixed spices. Once cooked, debone it and cut it into small pieces.
Heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the second onion, which you have finely chopped. Add the mince and continue to sauté until browned. Once the mince is browned, add the rice and then pour in the chicken broth from the boiled chicken.
You will need 5 cups of broth. Lower the heat and let the rice cook until all the liquid is absorbed. Place the rice on a nice serving platter and top with the chopped chicken. Garnish with the almonds, which you have previously fried and lightly salted.