Instapot Chicken Biryani
Instapot Chicken Biryani recipe takes considerably less time thanks to modern technology! Instead of having to wait several hours or even overnight for your Chicken Biryani to come together, you could have it ready to go in under one hour.
Servings 6 people
Equipment
- Instapot
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 1 medium onion ground
- 1 cups cilantro chopped
- 3 green cardamoms
- 3 star anise
- 4 cloves whole
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1.5 inch ginger julienned
- 1-2 Roma tomatoes diced
- 1 Jalapeno chopped
- 1.5 t salt
- 1 t cayenne
- 1 t cumin seeds
- 1 t coriander ground
- ½ t black pepper
- ½ cup yogurt
- 1 lb boned chicken thigh skinned and cut into 1-2 inch pieces
- 1.5 cup rice
- 1.5 cup water
Garnish:
- Cilantro
- Mint leaves
Instructions
- Set instapot to sauté mode. Add oil and sliced onions. Brown the onions and set aside.
- Without washing pot add ginger and ground onions. Sauté until ground onions become brown. About 5 minutes
- Add cardamom, star anise, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon sticks, salt, cayenne, cumin seeds, coriander, black pepper, mix well
- And chicken, yogurt, cilantro, tomatoes, and jalapeno mix well
- Set chicken mixture aside
- Add rice and water and top with chicken mixture. Set instapot to “chicken/meat” seal and cook
- Serve in a casserole dish. Garnish with sliced brown onions from step 1, cilantro, and mint leaves
- Enjoy!