Black Lemon Powder with Chicken and Rice

I have seen a barrel filled with black lemons in the Souk in Bahrain. Sitting outside a shop near a 4 lane street. That did not encourage me to buy some of them.

Luckily, in the supermarket they sold Black Lemon Powder, made in Bahrain. Now I had to cook with it. I looked through some different recipes and found a rice dish that used whole black lemons. The lemon chicken is based on a YT video from Chef John - Foodwishes.com. I did use it as an inspiration and the chicken drumsticks came out very tasty. I added some Black Lemon Powder to the marinate as well. 

Black Lemon Powder tastes a bit bitter and fermented. The lemon flavour still comes through. It colors the rice very nicely too.

Recipe for 2:

4 chicken drumsticks

1 tsp olive oil, 1 1/2 lemons, 1 tsp Black Lemon Powder, 2 tsp chicken seasoning, cayenne pepper, cumin, pepper, smoked salt, dried thyme

1  ricecooker cup Basmati

1 red onion, 1 red bell pepper

350 ml chicken stock, 1/2 tsp Black Lemon Powder, 1 tsp ground coriander

1 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper

Marinate the chicken for 30 min, not in the fridge!

Preheat the oven 180 C fan.

Put the chicken with the marinate in the oven for 35 min.

Chop onion and bell pepper and sauté both in oil for 4 min. Add Black Lemon Powder and Coriander and cook it 1 min. In with the washed Basmati and stir it very well.

Pour in the chicken stock and add salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and cook for 12 min. Take off the heat to rest. The rice looked a lot like a rice dish at the Hotel buffet. I think, I did something right.