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This month’s recipe is from Roxana, a registered dietitian and recipe developer. More info. below
Chicken Biryani: an aromatic and mouth watering Indian dish with juicy chicken in layers of fluffy rice, fragrant spices and fried onions. This recipe is very popular and is known to give reliable results.
Chicken Biryani
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Description
A great one-pot rice dish that still tastes great a few days later – perfect for leftovers
Ingredients
FRIED ONIONS
- ¾ lb onions yellow, finely sliced
- 1½ cups peanut oil
CHICKEN MARINATION
- 1½ lb chicken with bone, cut and clean
- ⅔ cup plain yogurt. Avoid Greek yogurt.
- 1½ tbsp ginger garlic paste or grated ginger and garlic
- 1 tsp salt, adjust per taste
- 1 tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp turmeric, ground
- 1 green chili pepper, chopped
SPICES
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 black cardamom
- 5 green cardamom
- 5 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp shahjeera (black cumin or black caraway seeds)
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
BIRYANI RICE
- 2 cups basmati rice, long grain
- 1 tsp salt, adjust per taste
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil leftover from fried onions
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ cup cilantro, fresh and chopped
- 2 tbsp mint fresh and chopped
- 1 tsp saffron, ground and dissolved in 2 tbsp hot water
- 2 tbsp ghee, optional
WHOLE SPICES FOR RICE
- 1 black cardamom
- 3 green cardamom
- 4 cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ cinnamon stick
Instructions
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0:00 Introduction: – Chicken Biryani
- 0:32 Biryani Spice Mix: Grind all spices into a powder.
- 1:36 Fried Onions: Slice onions very finely and fry until crisp and light golden brown.
- 2:31 Chicken Marination: Combine chicken with all marinade ingredients, ⅓ fried onions and ground biryani spice blend.
- 3:33 Rice Preparation: Rinse basmati rice until clear. Soak ⅓ cup rice in water. Cook remaining rice in rice cooker.
- 5:38 Assemble Rice and Chicken Layers: Transfer chicken with marinade to a cooking pot. Top with chopped cilantro, mint, half lemon juice, some olive oil and most of the remaining fried onions.
- 6:32 Add Soaked Rice: Drain and spread it over the chicken.
- 6:51 Final Rice Layer: Layer all cooked rice. Top with remaining fried onions, lemon juice, saffron water and ghee over the rice.
- 7:34 Steaming: Cover with parchment paper, followed by aluminum foil and fit the lid tight over it. Bake in oven for one hour, until steam builds up well.
- 7:56 Traditional Rice Cooking (If no rice cooker): Bring salted water to a boil. Add rinsed rice and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until al dente. Drain rice and use it.
- 8:34 Cool biryani: for five minutes. Gently mix rice and chicken and serve.
Notes
Chicken Biryani is an aromatic and mouth watering Indian dish with juicy chicken in layers of fluffy rice, fragrant spices and fried onions. It is easier than most recipes while retaining the authentic taste.
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- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Main course
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 287
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 408mg
- Fat: 12
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 16g
- Cholesterol: 43mg
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