Aladdin's Eatery
4044 S. 28th St.
Arlington, Va. 22206
703-894-4401
Walid Boustany - Owner/Operator
Chicken and Rice

Step 1
Ingredients:
1) 1 whole Chicken - cleaned and washed in cold water
2) 1/2 tsp. Salt
3) 1 tsp. All-Spice
4) 4 Cinnamon Sticks
5) 1/2 Lemon - cut into 4 pieces
6) 1/2 Onion - cut into large pieces
Preparation:
1) Put the chicken in a cooking pot. Then cover
it with cold water.
2) Add the other ingredients.
3) Boil the mixture and high heat for 15 minutes and
then at a lower setting
let it boil for another
half an hour or until the chicken is very well cooked.
4) Remove the chicken from the boiling water and let
it cool off.
5) Once the chicken is cold...separate it into small
pieces.
6) Drain the chicken bouillon from all the ingredients
and save it for later.
Step 2
Ingredients:
1) 1/2 stick Butter
2) 1/2 lb. Pine Nuts
3) 1/4 lb. Silvered Almonds
Preparation:
1) Put the butter into a pan and add the other ingredients.
2) Roast until it turns golden brown.
3) Drain and let it cool off.
Step 3
Ingredients:
1) 3 tbs. Vegetable Gee
2) 1/2 lb. Ground Beef
3) Touch of Salt and All-Spice
4) 1 Onion - chopped very small
5) 2 cups of the Chicken Bouillon
6) 1 cup Long Grain White Rice
Preparation:
1) Heat a large pot at a 350 degree temperature.
2) Add the vegetable gee plus the ground beef and the
salt and all-spice plus the
the onion. Stir
continuously until the meat is brown.
3) Add the chicken bouillon and stir briefly.
Leave it until it boils.
4) Add 1 cup of the white rice (after washing and draining
from water) to the pot.
5) Stir and turn the fire to the lowest temperature
possible, cover the pot and
leave the cooking until the
water is completely dry. Then turn off the fire and
leave the pot covered for a
few minutes.
Step 4
Sheikh Al Mihshi

Step 1
Ingredients:
1) 10 small sizes Italian eggplant
2) Vegetable Oil
Preparation:
1) Peel the eggplants without removing the stem.
2) Deep-fry the eggplants in the vegetable oil.
3) Let the fried eggplant drain from the oil by laying
them on a paper towel.
Step 2
Ingredients:
1) Vegetable Oil
2) 1/2 tsp. Salt
3) 1/3 tsp. All-Spice
4) 1 Onion - chopped very small
5) 1/2 lb. Pine Nuts
6) 1 lb. Ground Beef
Preparation:
1) Put the vegetable oil in a pan at a 350 temperature
and add the ground beef.
2) Add the other ingredients and stir the mixture in
the pan until the meat turns
golden brown and is well done
(almost 10 minutes).
Step 3
Ingredients:
1) The Eggplant prepared above
2) The Ground Beef Mixture prepared above
3) 1 small Tomato Paste Can plus 8 oz. Water
Preparation:
1) Using a large pan...arrange the fried eggplant inside
it in a circle.
2) Cut the center of each eggplant...making a hole without
reaching the bottom
of the eggplant.
3) Stuff each eggplant with a tablespoon full of the
mixture of the meat, onion
and pine nuts.
4) Dissolve the small tomato paste can into the water
and add to the pan.
5) Put in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
6) Serve hot with white rice.
Good Eating!!!