Turkish Style Chicken

Ingredients

• 4 lb chicken, cut in 12 pieces
• 3 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 2 onions, finely chopped (check for infestation)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 Tbs coriander seed, ground
• 1/2 tsp saffron
• 4 Tbs extra virgin olive oil "SITIA"
• 1 bay leaf, crushed
• 2 bell peppers, finely diced
• 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted and diced "KOSHER"
• 2 cups chicken broth, preferably homemade "OSEM"
• 2 Tbs white raisins, 'USA' soaked in boiling water for 30 minutes
• 1 lb long-grain white rice (check for infestation)
• sea salt and pepper, to taste
• tabasco sauce, to taste "KOSHER"
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin