Chicken Biryani Recipe • Delicious South Asian Dish! | Club Foody

 

Ever since my 20s’, I’ve been enjoying Indian cuisine. I like its vibrant colorful dishes and its food is very tasty 😋 – there’s nothing boring about it! Using different spices and ingredients, it can be spicy as well as mild and anything in between.
 
Known for its complex flavor, there’s a wide range of dishes that are my favorites 💖! I think of Butter Chicken, Samosas, Lamb Keema, Bunny Chow, Pork Vindaloo, Aloo Gobi, and more. There’s another one that is incredibly popular in India and it’s Chicken Biryani!
 
It’s a comforting meal 🥰 that has serious layers of yumminess in it! The combination of ingredients and spices creates this unique savory dish!
 
This delicious curry rice 🍚 recipe can be paired with other proteins besides chicken, such as beef, lamb, goat, or even fish. There’s no “right or wrong” recipe because it differs so much from one place to another. It can also be a vegetarian dish as well.
 
I won’t lie, there are a lot of steps to make Chicken Biryani…
The marinade is made first. I like using full-fat yogurt because it has less sugar than the reduced ones. With the added meat, it’s chilled from 4 hours to overnight 🕓. When ready to cook, it’s removed from the fridge an hour prior so the chicken gets to room temperature.
 
From there, timing is really important. While the oil for the fried onions is heating up and the water to cook the rice is brought to a boil, we make the saffron mixture and set aside. Next, we fry the onions which takes 2 to 3 minutes ⏳ at the most, and set them aside as well. Then, we move on to the rice.
 
Let’s talk about the fried onions 🧅…
I normally fry the onions from scratch until recently. When shopping 🛒 in Bellingham WA, I came across a bag of fried onions. I bought one and used it in my Chicken Biryani recipe. It was actually not too bad! I won’t religiously do that every time but it’s nice to have as an option!
 
The rice is easy peasy to make! In the boiling water 💦 mixed with lemon juice, there’s some whole cloves and cardamom pods that go in along with bay leaves, star anise and a cinnamon stick. These ingredients give such a gorgeous aromatic flavor to the rice. It’s so mouthwatering!
 
After 6 minutes, the rice mixture is drained into a colander. I like to place a bowl under it just in case some of the ingredients go through. Of course, the water from the bowl is discarded. The rice and all the other spices are set aside to cool while we start cooking the chicken 🐓.
 
To finish the dish, the meat is cooked is a large pot or Dutch oven. After the chicken (in this case) is done, half of the fried onions and cilantro is added before being topped with the rice and the saffron-broth is drizzled. The pot is transferred to the oven and baked for 30 minutes then rested for 10 minutes ⏰ before serving.
 
Tomorrow, Ramadan starts and Chicken Biryani is one of the traditional dishes eaten during that time besides Harira, Shawarma, Falafel 🧆, Haleem, etc. Honestly, this is an involved recipe but the results are outstanding! To me, this is the perfect comfort food to enjoy along with a side of yogurt… yum!
Bon Appétit!🍽
 
Here are more incredible chicken recipes for you to try… 😀
– Chicken Vesuvio
– Chicken Paprikash
– Hunter’s Chicken (Poulet Chasseur)
– Asian Peanut Chicken Curry
– Avgolemono Chicken Soup
– Chicken à la Dijonnaise
– Turkey or Chicken Pot Pie
– Huli-huli Chicken
and for even more poultry recipes 🐓🦃🦆, click on this link… Recipe Category • Poultry

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