Rice in Fish Broth-Sayyadieh

Rice in Fish Broth-Sayyadieh

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 (2 lb)  fish (weighing about 2 Ibs.)
• 1  cup olive oil
• 2  cups  uncooked rice
• 1 1⁄2 cups  chopped onions
•  salt, for taste
•  lemon juice
•  water

Directions

1. -Fry fish in olive oil until well cooked.
2. -Fry the chopped onions in the same oil well browned. Bone the fried fish, reserving the cooked fillets.
3. -Add the head, bones and skin to the fried onions and cook with four cups of water in the pressure cooker for 15 minutes, or for a longer time in an open pan.
4. -Boil the rice in the fish broth using 1-4- cups of broth for each cup of rice.
5. -Simmer the rice on a low fire so that most of the broth will be absorbed.
6. -Some of the broth may be flavored with a few drops of lemon and served on the side as a sauce for this dish.