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Rice in Fish Broth (Sayyadieh)

Name: Rice in Fish Broth (Sayyadieh)
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern, Pasta & rice
Ingredients: 1 large (~2 lbs / 1 kg) whole fish, cleaned; 1 cup olive oil; 2 cups uncooked rice; 1 ½ cups chopped onion; Salt; Lemon juice; Water

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Ingredients

Makes

1 large (~2 lbs / 1 kg) whole fish, cleaned
1 cup olive oil
2 cups uncooked rice
1 ½ cups chopped onion
Salt
Lemon juice
Water

Ingredients for 8 servings (1.8 kg) · the original recipe

Method

1
Fry fish in olive oil until well cooked. Remove the fish and allow to cool.
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2
Fry the chopped onions in the same oil until well browned. Meanwhile, debone the fried fish, reserving the cooked fillets to be served over the rice.
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3
Add the head, bones and skin of the fish to the fried onions and cook with 4 cups of water in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes, or for a longer time in an open pan.
Pressure cooker
4
Strain the broth and boil the rice in it using 1–4 cups of broth for each cup of rice (this will depend on the absorbency of the rice you use).
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5
Simmer the rice on low heat so that most of the broth is absorbed.
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