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Iraqi Shabbat Chicken

My husband's family come from iraq and when i was first married, my mother-in-law taught me how to make this delicious dish. it takes a long time to cook but it is not labour intensive - believe me the taste is worth the long wait for dinner!!

Steps

Chop onions and place in a large oven casserole dish adding tomato puree and about 1 litre of water.
Place chicken on top of onions and put into a pre-heated oven at about 150c for about 3 1 / 2 hours.
When cooked , remove chicken and place to one side.
Take half the juices with the puree and onions and put into a saucepan.
Add the okra , salt , pepper and lemon juice and bring to the boil , simmer gently for 30 minutes.
If tinned okra is used , drain well before use.
Wash basmati rice throughly and add to the rest of the juices in the casserole dish , add some more water to just cover and place back into the oven to cook for a further 1 hour.
When the rice is cooked , portion up the chicken and add to the top of the rice and cook for a further 1 / 2 hour.
The rice is now a wonderful reddy / golden colour with the taste of the chicken infused.
Serve altogether with the okra sauce.

Ingredients

stewing chicken, tomato puree, okra, lemon, basmati rice, onions, water