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Riz a Djej

Name: Riz a Djej
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 150g Ground beef; 30g Almonds; 30g Pine Nuts; 30g Butter; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon; 1/2 tsp Allspice; 400ml Chicken Stock; To taste Salt

Rice

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked with spiced ground meat and toasted nuts — the classic pilaf served with Lebanese chicken.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Riz a djej is a Lebanese rice dish served alongside chicken: rice cooked with ground beef or lamb browned in butter and topped with almonds and pine nuts. It's fragrant with cinnamon and allspice, and at parties it's also used to stuff whole chickens — a fixture of the Lebanese table.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a family gathering in Beirut, toasted nuts are scattered over a big platter of riz a djej for a festive meal.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 2 cups
Ground beef 150g
Almonds 30g
Pine Nuts 30g
Butter 30g
Cinnamon 1/2 tsp
Allspice 1/2 tsp
Chicken Stock 400ml
Salt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and soak in water.
Heat butter in a frying pan and cook the ground meat with cinnamon, allspice, and salt.
In another pan, toast the almonds and pine nuts until golden and set aside.
Cook the rice in a pot with the meat and chicken stock.
Fluff lightly and scatter with the toasted nuts.

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