Middle-Eastern Inspired Chicken and Rice | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 cup (250 mL) Milk
• 1 cup (250 mL) chicken stock
• 1 lb (450 g) chicken breast
• Freshly ground salt and pepper to taste
• 1 large onion minced
• 3 tbsp (45 mL) butter
• 3/4 lb (335 g) ground lamb or ground beef
• 1 - 1/2 cups (375 mL) long grain rice
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp (5 mL) ground cardamom
• 1 tsp (5 mL) ground Jamaican pepper
• 2/3 cup (160 mL) slivered almonds toasted
• 3 tbsp (45 mL) pine nuts toasted (optional)
• Ground cinnamon