Saleg

Saleg (also Saleeg, Salek) is a family of rice dishes that are served mostly in Saudi Arabia.

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken (Whole)
• 4 cups of rice
• 1 Whole onion
• 4 pieces of cardamom
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of powdered milk
• Butter- 100 grams
  

• Clean and cut the chicken into 4 pieces with skin.
• Put 8 cups of water in a pot; add onion as a whole, cardamom, and salt.
• Boil until the chicken is tender then take off the chicken, onion and cardamom from the soup.
• Set aside the chicken add 1 tbsp. of ground coriander, 1/2tbsp. salt, 1/2 tbsp. black pepper and baked until it become brown.
• Strain Chicken soup and put back in the pot.
• Wash the rice and add it to the soup.
• Boil until the rice is tender and stir gently.
• When rice become sticky, dissolve 1/2 cups of the powdered milk in boiled water and add it to the rice then add butter on the top.
• Adjust the taste then served with the baked chicken on the top.