Chicken Biryani
Chicken Biryani is an Indian lunch dish made with basmati rice, chicken, yogurt, onions and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 90 mins
- Calories (estimate)
- ~520 kcal
- Course
- Lunch
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
What goes into Chicken Biryani. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Basmati rice
- Chicken
- Yogurt
- Onions
- Saffron
- Biryani masala
- Mint
- Ghee
Method
- 1Marinate chicken with yogurt, biryani masala, ginger-garlic
- 2Partially cook basmati rice with whole spices
- 3Layer marinated chicken and rice
- 4Add fried onions, saffron milk, mint
- 5Cook on dum (low heat) for 30 minutes
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
