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Simple chicken biryani recipe
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Simple chicken biryani recipe

13 ingredients 30 min + 30 min 4 people openrecipes

Anjali Pathak shares her simple family recipe for chicken biryani.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

548
Calories
37g
Protein
18g
Fat
59g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 250 basmati rice
  • g vegetable oil
  • 4 onions, sliced
  • tbsp onion, chopped
  • 300 Patak's Biryani/Madras Paste
  • g chicken breast (skin removed) or 8 chicken joints (skin removed), cut into large pieces
  • 150 2.5 cm piece of cinnamon stick
  • g bay leaves
  • 3 green cardamom pods
  • tbsp saffron strands (optional)
  • 4 fresh coriander, chopped
  • 1 salt to taste
  • 3 fried onions

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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