🇦🇪 UAE Recipes (Bone Broth Edition)

Traditional Gulf Comfort Food Made Nourishing & Practical

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🍚 Chicken Machboos

(Emirati Spiced Rice with Bone Broth)

Flavour Profile

Warm, spiced, aromatic, deeply comforting

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Ingredients

• 500 g chicken pieces
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 cups basmati rice
• 500 ml bone broth
• 1 dried lime (loomi)
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp coriander
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Salt & pepper

👉 Use:
Broth & Co Bone Broth Concentrate

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Method

1. Heat oil and sauté onion and garlic
2. Add spices and cook until fragrant
3. Add chicken and brown lightly
4. Pour in bone broth and add dried lime
5. Simmer for 20 minutes
6. Add rice, cover, and cook until fluffy

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Why It Works with Broth & Co Bone Broth

✔ Replaces long stock simmer
✔ Adds depth and body
✔ Enhances traditional flavour

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🥣 Harees (Slow-Cooked Wheat & Meat)

Flavour Profile

Mild, creamy, comforting

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Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat (or cracked wheat)
• 400 g chicken or lamb
• 750 ml bone broth
• Salt to taste
• Optional: ghee or butter

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Method

1. Soak wheat for a few hours or overnight
2. Add wheat, meat, and bone broth to pot
3. Simmer on low for 2–3 hours (or pressure cook for faster version)
4. Stir and mash until creamy consistency forms
5. Finish with a drizzle of ghee

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Why It Works with Bone Broth

✔ Speeds up traditional 6–8 hour cooking
✔ Adds richness without heaviness
✔ Improves texture and mouthfeel

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🥖 Thareed (Bread & Meat Broth Stew)

Flavour Profile

Rich, savoury, deeply satisfying

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Ingredients

• 500 g lamb or chicken
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 500 ml bone broth
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp cumin
• Flatbread (to serve)
• Vegetables (carrot, zucchini, potato)

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Method

1. Brown meat in oil
2. Add onion and cook until soft
3. Add tomatoes and spices
4. Pour in bone broth and simmer for 45–60 minutes
5. Add vegetables and cook until tender
6. Serve over torn flatbread

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Why It Works with Bone Broth

✔ Creates a richer soaking broth
✔ Enhances flavour absorption into bread
✔ Maintains traditional depth with less time

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🌟 Final Takeaway

These UAE dishes represent the heart of Gulf comfort food:

• Slow cooking traditions
• Deep, warming spices
• Broth-based foundations

Using bone broth allows you to:

✔ Modernise cooking time
✔ Maintain authenticity
✔ Increase nutritional value

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Broth & Co Bone Broth 

👉 Related recipes:
Mediteranean Beef Stew