Recipe: Perfect Easy Chicken Biryani

Easy Chicken Biryani.

You can have Easy Chicken Biryani using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Easy Chicken Biryani

1. You need of chicken drumsticks/thighs (pat dry).
2. You need of onions (chopped).
3. Prepare of cardamom pods.
4. You need of cloves.
5. You need of star anise.
6. Prepare of bay leaves.
7. Prepare of garlic (finely chopped).
8. It's of minced ginger.
9. Prepare of garam masala.
10. It's of curry powder.
11. Prepare of turmeric powder.
12. It's of coriander seeds.
13. Prepare of paprika powder.
14. It's of Chilli/cayane pepper (optional).
15. It's of water.
16. It's of salt (or to your liking).
17. You need of cooked rice.

Easy Chicken Biryani instructions

1. Heat oil in a casserole dish (or any deep pan that has thick bottom). Add in the chicken drumstick with the skin side down. Be sure to pat dry the chicken before frying, or there will be lots of hot oil splashing. Cook chicken until it looks golden brown..
2. Add onion, cardamom, cloves, star anise, bay leaves, garlic and ginger, cook until onions look soft..
3. Add in the rest of the spices and coat the chicken..
4. Add the water and leave to simmer on medium low heat (uncovered) for 40 minutes and the stock thicken..
5. Add in the cooked rice and and stir well until all spices spread evenly. Cook for another 7-10 mins..
6. Taste the food and adjust the seasoning as needed. Turn off the heat. Your biryani is now ready to serve. Garnish with some coriander leaves and fried shallots..