Chicken biryani recipe

Chicken Biryani Recipe 

Chicken Biryani is a delicious savory rice dish that is loaded with spicy marinated chicken, caramelized onions, and semi cooked rice. 

This dish is especially popular throughout the Indian subcontinent.

The spices and condiments used in biryani may include nutmeg, pepper, cloves, coriander, cinnamon, coriander, bay leave, mint leaves, garlic, ginger, onions,tomatoes and chilies, the main ingredient that accompanies the spices is the chicken or meat (goat meat, beef). I’ve simplified the steps without compromising the taste.

Preparation time: 30minutes 

Cooking time: 1hour

Total time :1hour 30minutes  

Yield: 5servings

 

Ingredients 

• 3cups of cooked rice (basmati)
• 2 medium tomatoes (Diced)
•  1 large Onion (thinly sliced)
• 1½ oil of cooking spoon
•  Blended tatashe (Bell pepper )
•  1½ tsp Gara masala
•  1 tsp of Black pepper 
• 1 tbsp  ground Turmeric 
• 1 tsp ground Coriander 
•  4 Seasoning cubes 
• Cloves 
• Mixed spices (cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, nutmeg,coriander, cumin and turmeric)

Ingredients 

To marinate Chicken

• 1 tsp of oil 
• 1 tsp of garlic and ginger pasta 
• 2 tbsp of yogurt 
• 1 tsp chili powder 
• ½ tsp Curry
• ½ tsp Thyme
• 1 tsp of ketchup
• 1 tsp of white vinegar 

• In a bowl add chicken, oil, yogurt, garlic and ginger paste, chili powder, curry & thyme, ketchup and white vinger. Mix well cover and marinate for at least 30 minutes or over night in the fridge.

• Add  1½ cooking spoon of oil then add thinly sliced onions. On medium heat, fry them stirring often until uniformly light brown.(Do not burn them as they leave a bitter taste). Sprinkle little salt to ease the browning. 

• Add garlic and ginger paste, then blended tatashe (3 tbsp), diced tomatoes and cloves allow the tomatoes soften up a bit. Then add black pepper, Gara masala, turmeric, mixed spices, coriander and seasoning cubes.

• Add marinated chicken and  saute until it become pale for 5 minutes

• Lower the flame completely, cover and cook until the chicken is soft, tender and completely cooked.

• Add 1½ cups of water, add salt to taste then cook for 15 minutes on medium high heat cover to cook.

• Add  in your rice and cook on low heat until the chicken biryani is done to your liking (if the rice is still under cooked or hard, sprinkle some hot water and cook further)
• Mix the Chicken Biryani together and then transfer to a serving platter. Garnish with fresh mint leave(I garnished mine with spring onions instead of mint leaves because they were unavailable at the moment) and serve.

•  (optional)Add a drop of oil on a hot coal and quickly cover it (it gives it a smoky flavor and taste really good).

Tips:

• Marinating chicken with yogurt & spices is the first step to make the best chicken biryani. Yogurt tenderizes the chicken and Marinating the chicken makes it soft & succulent.
•    The type of rice used in cooking this dish matters most. Long and slender grains like Basmati rice is the perfect choice as it easily becomes fluffy. Soaking the rice (for about 30minutes and Draining to a colander after 30 mins.) helps to cook the rice fluffy & long. So do not skip rinsing & soaking the rice well before using.
•     Aside from chicken, you can also use beef chunks with bone-on in a biryani dish. The meat’s bones add flavor to the rice as it is slowly cooked compared to using boneless meat.