🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia cuisine · #5

Saleeg

Saleeg
Time75 min
Serves6
Ingredients8

White rice cooked in chicken broth and milk until creamy like risotto — a Taif and Hejazi favourite served with roasted chicken.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Boil the chicken with cardamom, bay, mastic and salt; keep the broth.
  2. Cook the rice in 5 cups of broth on low, stirring.
  3. When absorbed, add the milk gradually and stir until creamy.
  4. Brush the chicken with ghee and roast until golden.
  5. Serve the saleeg topped with the chicken and a little ghee.
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