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Chicken Biryani
Aromatic Indian rice dish with fragrant spices and chicken
Difficulty
Hard
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
40 min
Servings
4 people
🥘Ingredients
- ✓800g chicken breast, cubed
- ✓300g basmati rice
- ✓200g yogurt
- ✓3 tbsp biryani masala paste
- ✓4 cloves garlic, minced
- ✓1 tbsp ginger, minced
- ✓2 onions, sliced
- ✓4 green chilies
- ✓Fresh cilantro and mint
- ✓4 tbsp ghee
- ✓2 bay leaves
- ✓4 cloves
- ✓1 tsp cumin seeds
- ✓Salt
👨🍳Instructions
- 1
Marinate chicken in yogurt and biryani paste for 30 minutes
- 2
Cook rice with whole spices until 70% done
- 3
Fry onions until golden, set aside half
- 4
Heat ghee and cook marinated chicken for 10 minutes
- 5
In a heavy pot, layer rice and chicken
- 6
Top with fried onions, cilantro, and mint
- 7
Cover and cook on high heat for 3 minutes until steam forms
- 8
Lower heat and cook for 30 minutes
- 9
Turn off heat and let rest 10 minutes
- 10
Fluff with fork before serving