{"id":1158,"date":"2025-11-25T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:12:11","slug":"white-chicken-kabsa-with-viola-jasmine-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/?p=1158&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"White Chicken Kabsa with Viola Jasmine Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<article dir=\"rtl\" style=\"font-family: 'Cairo',sans-serif; line-height: 1.9; background: #fffefc; padding: 25px; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-806\" src=\"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-1536x708.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0001-c55opy-2048x944.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"color: #3b3b3b; text-align: center;\">White Chicken Kabsa with Viola Jasmine Rice<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; color: #777; font-size: 15px;\">An authentic Saudi dish with a smooth touch, known for its balanced flavor and aromatic profile thanks to <strong>Viola Jasmine Rice<\/strong>, which gives each grain firmness and a bright, appealing color.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 25px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83e\uddf0 Required Tools<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Medium-sized pot<\/li>\n<li>Rice strainer<\/li>\n<li>Small pan for browning onions<\/li>\n<li>Wooden spoon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83e\udd63 Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups <strong>Viola Jasmine Rice<\/strong>, washed and soaked for 20 minutes<\/li>\n<li>1 whole chicken cut in halves<\/li>\n<li>2 medium chopped onions<\/li>\n<li>3 crushed garlic cloves<\/li>\n<li>2 black dried limes (loomi)<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves + 1 cinnamon stick + bay leaves<\/li>\n<li>Salt to taste<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>4 cups hot water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83c\udf3f Spices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp turmeric<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp cumin<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc tsp ginger powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf73 Preparation Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>In a wide pot, heat the oil and saut\u00e9 the onions until golden.<\/li>\n<li>Add garlic, chicken, and the whole spices (loomi, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf) and stir until the chicken changes color.<\/li>\n<li>Add the ground spices and stir for 3 minutes to distribute the flavors.<\/li>\n<li>Add hot water and let the chicken cook on low heat for 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the chicken from the broth and place it in a tray, then brown it in the oven or in a pan.<\/li>\n<li>Strain the broth, then add the soaked and drained <strong>Viola Jasmine Rice<\/strong> and cook on low heat until fully done (about 20 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Serve the rice on a large platter, place the browned chicken on top, and garnish with lemon slices or fried onions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83d\udca1 Tips for Success<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure to soak <strong>Viola Jasmine Rice<\/strong> well so it stays tender after cooking.<\/li>\n<li>White kabsa uses fewer spices than traditional kabsa to highlight the flavor of rice and chicken.<\/li>\n<li>For extra aroma, add a splash of rose water at the final stage of cooking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83d\udd04 Alternatives &amp; Suggestions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You can replace chicken with small lamb pieces.<\/li>\n<li>For a lighter version, use chicken breast only and reduce the oil by half.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83d\udcca Approximate Nutrition (per serving)<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #faf7f2;\">\n<th>Calories<\/th>\n<th>Carbs<\/th>\n<th>Protein<\/th>\n<th>Fat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>460 kcal<\/td>\n<td>62 g<\/td>\n<td>28 g<\/td>\n<td>9 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr style=\"margin: 25px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"color: #5a381e;\">\ud83d\uded2 Try it with Viola Rice<\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: #f7f3ef; padding: 15px; border-radius: 10px;\">With <strong>Viola Jasmine Rice<\/strong>, every meal reaches a new level of flavor and purity.<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #b77c3a; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"#\">Explore Viola products<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White Chicken Kabsa with Viola Jasmine Rice An authentic Saudi dish with a smooth touch, known for its balanced flavor and aromatic profile thanks to Viola Jasmine Rice, which gives each grain firmness and a bright, appealing color. \ud83e\uddf0 Required Tools Medium-sized pot Rice strainer Small pan for browning onions Wooden spoon \ud83e\udd63 Ingredients 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viola-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbahareth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}