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🇰🇼 Traditional dishes from Kuwait

3 dishes people actually cook in Kuwait: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Harees

180 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Harees, a traditional dish from Kuwait

Savor the rich flavors of traditional Kuwaiti harees.

  • 200 g wheat
  • 500 g chicken
  • 1500 ml water
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 50 g ghee
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp cardamom

Jireesh

90 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Jireesh, a traditional dish from Kuwait

Savor the rich flavors of traditional Kuwaiti Jireesh.

  • 200 g jireesh wheat
  • 500 g chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1500 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 50 g ghee
  • 1 tsp cumin

Machboos

90 min · medium · 13 ingredients

Machboos, a traditional dish from Kuwait

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional Kuwaiti dish.

  • 400 g basmati rice
  • 800 g chicken
  • 2 onions
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cardamom pods
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 800 ml water
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil

What do people eat in Kuwait?

The three dishes from Kuwait documented in Copper are Harees, Jireesh and Machboos. Chicken and garlic each appear in more than one recipe. All three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Kuwait?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Ghee is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 12 use ghee. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Kuwait take?

Jireesh is the quickest at 90 minutes. Harees is the longest at 180 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Kuwait is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Kuwait here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Jireesh is the shortest way in.

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