Recipe: Tasty Easy Chicken Biryani

Easy Chicken Biryani.

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

Ingredients of Easy Chicken Biryani

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

Easy Chicken Biryani step by step

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..