🍚 Chicken Biryani

A dish that needs as many layers of patience as it has layers of rice.

• 1h 30mTotal time
• 👨‍🍳 Today I am a chefDifficulty
• 620kcal
• 5Portions

• 🍗 Chicken
• 🍚 Rice
• 🍛 Indian
• 🌶️ Spicy
• 🎉 Party food

Ingredients

• 3 cups basmati rice, soaked 30 minutes
• 1 kg chicken, cut into pieces
• 1 cup yogurt
• 2 large onions, one deep-fried until crisp
• Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tbsp biryani masala (or mixed spice blend)
• A pinch of saffron soaked in warm milk
• Mint and fresh coriander
• Ghee or oil and salt

How to make it

1. Marinate the chicken in yogurt, ginger-garlic paste and spices for 1 hour.
2. Parboil the rice until about 70% cooked, then drain.
3. Cook the marinated chicken in ghee until tender and the sauce thickens.
4. Layer half the rice over the chicken, then a second layer of rice.
5. Top with the crispy onions, mint, coriander, and drizzle the saffron milk over.
6. Cover tightly and cook on very low heat for 25 minutes (the dum method).