Riz Bi Dfeen Lebanese Rice With Chickpeas
Created by dienia b on September 23, 2024
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 35m
- Recipe #43684
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 1/2 cup onion, finely diced
- 1 ounce vermicelli, dry
- 12 ounces dry white basmati rice (1 1/2 cups)
- 15 ounces chick peas, drained (1 can)
- 3 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup dried apricots, diced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper powder
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, fresh, minced
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oil in large stock pot and cook onions until brown.
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Step 2: Add vermicelli broken into small pieces and cook until light brown.
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Step 3: Add rice cook until translucent.
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Step 4: Add water, cinnamon stick, chickpeas and apricots.
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Step 5: Stir and season to taste.
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Step 6: Bring it to a boil.
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Step 7: Cover and turn down to a low simmer.
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Step 8: Cook 25 minutes.
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Step 9: Take off heat leave covered and let set for 5 minutes.
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Step 10: Remove cinnamon stick.
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Step 11: Add cilantro, fluff and season to taste.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (275.4 g)
- Calories 268.5
- Total Fat - 5.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0.2 mg
- Sodium - 460 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 47.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.6 g
- Sugars - 6.1 g
- Protein - 7.6 g
- Calcium - 47.9 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg