Authentic Chicken Biryani Recipe With Basmati Rice

Chicken Biryani is the queen of all dishes in the subcontinent. Juicy rice, tender chicken, crunchy onions, and the aroma of spices make chicken biryani delicious. Today, I will share a simple, quick way to make a spicy chicken biryani rice recipe at home. It takes only 60 minutes. So, let’s jump to the recipe.

Chicken Biryani Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a list of all the ingredients you need to make the best Pakistani chicken biryani recipe. However, if you’re short on time or can’t find these ingredients, you can use shan chicken biryani masala for the same great taste, making this recipe even more accessible.

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Restaurant-Style Chicken Biryani Preparation

Step By Step Chicken Biryani Recipe

There are three steps of chicken biryani.

First Step Chicken Marination

Wash the chicken pieces one by one and dry them with a towel. Add yogurt, Salt, Lemon juice, turmeric powder, red chili powder, ginger-garlic paste, and garam masala powder in a bowl. Lastly, add the chicken pieces and mix them all.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it for 1 hour for marination. Once the chicken is marinated, add oil to a pot and heat for 2 minutes. Add onions and cock until they are brown. Take out half-brown onions for the final biryani step. Now add tomatoes and marinated chicken to the rest of the onions. Fry until it’s cocked. Remember to add water because we want gravy for our rice.

Second Step Prepare Rice

Wash the rice until it removes all dirt and starch. Soak it in water for 30 minutes. For 1kg of rice, add 2 kg of water to a pot and start boiling. Also, add one bay leaf, 5-6 cloves, salt to taste, and 4-5 green cardamom pods. 
When the water starts boiling, add the soaked rice. Cover the pot and wait until the rice is 70% cooked.

Cooking and layering biryani

Now it’s time to layering. Add half-cocked chicken and a second layer of rice to a big pot. Repeat the process and start layering. At the end, add chopped fresh cilantro, chopped fresh mint leaves, kewra water, soaked saffron, and fried crunchy onions. Cover the pot (for dum). Cook them on low heat for 15 minutes (dum time for biryani).  Here is the chicken biryani final image.

Now your yummy tummy chicken biryani is ready for serving. Serve it with raita, yogurt sauce, or salad. Some people use egg and potatoes (aloo) in biryani. You can add them, too, if you like it.

Chicken Biryani Description

Chicken biryani comes in many varieties, including Hyderabadi chicken biryani, chicken biryani pulao, chicken 65 biryani, and chicken zafrani biryani.
Even though chicken biryani is good in taste and contains chicken meat, one plate contains 700 to 1000 calories. So, if you are on a diet, then eat it carefully.