CHICKEN SELEEK
(Saudi Arabian Dish)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 liter water.
• 1 large chicken, halved.
•  6 whole cardamons.
•  1 teaspoon salt.
•  1+1/2 cups short-grained rice, rinsed.
•  1/2 teaspoon mistik,ground.
•  1/4 cup butter.
•  1+1/2 cups milk.

 STEP BY STEP:

1. Wash the chicken and dry it.
2.  Put it in a large pot and cover it with water.
3.  Add the salt and the cardamon and keep them until they boils.
4.  Cover, and keep them for 45 minutes.(remove the foam that forms).
5.  Take out the chicken from the broth and keep it warm.
6.  Measure the broth and add water if necessary to make 3+1/4 cups.
7.  Add the rice and return to the boil.
8.  Cover, and keep it for about 25 minutes until the rice is well-done and all the liquid has been absorbed.
9.  Pour on the milk, sprinkle with mistik, and top with butter.
10.  Keep it for a minute, over heat, until the mistik melts and the rice is sticky.
11.  Put the rice on a platter and top with the chicken halves.

              You can serve it with hot sauce.

 ENJOY THE CHICKEN SELEEK
SAHHA WA HANNA
CHEF MUFEED

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