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Chicken Maraq
  • Chicken Maraq
  • Cuisine Cuisine: Omani
  • Category Category: Main Course
  • Serves Serves: 6 persons
  • Difficulty Difficulty: Easy
  • Cost Cost: Cheap
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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons ghee
  • 1 medium onion or 125 g, chopped
  • 1 whole chicken, skinned, cut into 8 pieces
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2½ tablespoons omani mixed spicess
  • 2 medium tomatoes or 300 g, peeled and diced
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 dried limes, cut into halves
  • 2 cubes MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon
  • ½ cup coriander leaves or 35 g, jiljilan, chopped
  • 5 cups water or 1250 ml
  • 3 medium potatoes or 750 g, peeled and cut into large cubes

Preparation

Heat the ghee in a large pot, cook onion for 4-5 minutes or until they become golden color.

Add chicken and cook for 5 more minutes. Add the garlic, Omani mix spices, tomatoes, tomato paste, dried limes, MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon cubes and coriander. Stir for 2 minutes.

Add water and bring to boil then simmer on low heat for 15 minutes or until chicken is almost cooked.

Add the potatoes and simmer for additional 15-20 minutes or until potatoes and chicken are cooked.

Cooking tips : Potatoes can be replaced with pumpkin or any other kind of vegetables.