Saudi Mandi
Saudi Mandi

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, saudi mandi. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Saudi Mandi is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Saudi Mandi is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have saudi mandi using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Saudi Mandi:
  1. Make ready 3 large whole chickens (1300g) chopped in half
  2. Make ready Spice blend of salt, black pepper
  3. Prepare Tumeric and ground coriander
  4. Prepare 1 g saffron
  5. Make ready 100 ml warm water
  6. Prepare 1100 g basmati sella rice only rinsed not soaked
  7. Get 2 L reduced salt chicken stock (cold)
  8. Prepare Whole spices wrapped in cheese cloth
  9. Make ready Black pepper, coriander seeds
  10. Get Cinnamon sticks, star anise, cardamom
  11. Get Cloves, dried lemon
  12. Make ready to taste Salt
  13. Get 1 piece charcoal for smoking fragrance
Instructions to make Saudi Mandi:
  1. You need a heavy 7 qt pot, heavy duty foil and oven set to 200 C
  2. In a small bowl, soak the saffron in the warm water and allow it to cool
  3. Mix the spice blend with saffron then lather the chicken with it, inside and out. Allow the chicken to marinade 30 min outside or for up to 24 hr in the fridge
  4. In the pot, add the washed rice, stock, the whole spice pouch and salt
  5. Cover by a double sheet of foil while making sure the foil is concaved downward. Cut slits in the foil enough without comprising its integrity
  6. Lay the half chickens skin side up on top the foil then cover the whole thing tightly with 3 to 4 layers of foil. No room for steam to leak
  7. Bake in the oven for 90 min. Start the charcoal in the last 10 min
  8. Remove from the oven and uncover the foil. Put it back in the turned off oven.
  9. Shape a small piece of foil to hold the charcoal. Set it in the oven. Add some oil then quickly add the hot charcoal and close the oven door for 5 min
  10. You can serve it right away or chuck the chicken under a broiler for some color
  11. Serve in a big round plate and enjoy

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