This simple chicken biryani has deep flavors and is one of my favorite chicken and rice skillet meals. Spiced with cardamom, turmeric, and cinnamon, the chicken is tender and rice is fluffy and flavorful. A complete meal in one skillet!
Ingredients
1 ½cupsjasmine rice
1 ½poundsboneless skinless chicken thighs
1teaspoonground turmeric
½teaspoonkosher salt
3cupschicken stock
1tablespoongreen curry paste
3tablespoonsLand O Lakes® Butter with Canola Oil, divided
1medium yellow onion, diced
2clovesgarlic, minced
1inchfresh ginger, grated
2bay leaves
5cardamom pods
½teaspoonground cinnamon
½cupgolden raisins
Fresh cilantro, garnish
Instructions
Stir rice into a bowl of cold water and let soak for 15 minutes. Then drain and rinse the rice a few times with cold water. Set aside.
Rub chicken thighs with turmeric and salt and set aside.
Whisk together chicken stock and curry paste and set aside.
In a large skillet with a lid, melt 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Butter with Canola Oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, ginger, bay leaves, cardamom and cinnamon. Cook for 4-5 minutes until onion softens but isn’t browned.
Remove onion mixture from skillet. Add another tablespoon of Butter with Canola Oil. Add chicken thighs in a single layer and cook for 4 minutes per side so they are seared.
After chicken is seared, sprinkle onion mixture over chicken thighs. Then add soaked rice and golden raisins. Pour in stock mixture and use a spoon to make sure the ingredients are evenly distributed. Bring mixture to a simmer, turn heat down to low, cover and simmer for 6 minutes.
After the biryani has simmered for a few minutes, remove lid and test rice. If it is still crunchy, simmer for another few minutes. If there seems to be too much liquid, it’s okay to simmer the biryani for a few minutes without a lid to cook off some of the liquid.
When the rice is al dente and just cooked through, but still has a tiny bite to it, remove biryani skillet from the heat. Cover skillet and let it steam off the heat for 5 minutes.
Remove bay leaves and cardamom pods from the skillet and garnish with cilantro. Serve Chicken Biryani while warm.