Chicken With Milk And Rice

• 2 chickens, cut up
• 3 c. rice
• 2 c. milk
• 3 pieces mastica (Arabic gum) for the broth
• 2 pieces mastica for the butter
• 1 c. cream
• 10 cardamon seed
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 c. butter
• 12 c. water

1. Wash the chicken pieces.
2. Place them with the water in a saucepan and boil; add the cardamon seed, mastica and salt.
3. Cook for 1 hour.
4. Remove chicken pieces and set aside.
5. Strain broth and place in the saucepan with the rice; allow to boil, then simmer.
6. Add the cream to the milk; mix well.
7. When the rice is cooked, add the milk mixture, gently stirring.
8. Heat the butter and stir in the 2 pieces of mastica.
9. When melted, pour immediately over the rice and cover for 5 minutes.
10. Stir the rice mixture and serve in a platter with the chicken pieces on top.

chickens, rice, milk, mastica, butter, cream, cardamon, salt, butter, water

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=226927 (may not work)