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Rice Recipe Royalty Winner 2020: Chicken Biryani

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

For Chicken

  • 1 lb skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs (4–6 thighs)
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 tsp red chili powder, adjust to your spice level
  • 1 tsp Biryani Masala
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • salt, to taste
  • 1 tbsp yogurt
  • 2 green chilis, sliced
  • 6 cashew nuts, optional
  • finely chopped cilantro
  • finely chopped mint
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 cloves
  • 2 cardamom, ground
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • fried onions

For Rice

  • 1 lb Cajun Country Jasmine Rice
  • 4-5 cups water
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 cardamom, ground
  • 1 mace
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp shah jeera
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt, to taste
  • 1/2 tbsp oil

Instructions

For Chicken

  • Add all of the chicken ingredients together except for the fried onions, cilantro, and mint.
  • thoroughly coat the chicken and leave in the fridge overnight (for faster prep, leave in the fridge for 1 hour).
  • After marinating, use an oiled, thick bottomed pan to cook the chicken until about 80% done.
  • place the chicken into a large skillet to be combined with the rice.

For Rice

  • soak the rice for half an hour.
  • While rice is soaking, add all of the rice ingredients to a separate pot of water and bring to a rolling boil.
  • Once done soaking, add the rice to the pot and cook on high until 80% done (around 5-6 min).
  • remove the rice from the stove and drain.
  • add rice on top of the 80% done chicken in the skillet and add the fried onions, cilantro and mint on top.
  • Cover and cook the mixture on low heat for 12-15 minutes.
  • Serve and enjoy!