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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

Preparation:
1)   Empty the rice in a plate, put the chicken on top of the rice and decorate with
       the roasted pine nuts and almonds.  Serve hot.


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!!!


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