Dinner for 6
Instant Pot Chicken Biryani
Chicken, basmati rice, onions, and warm spices pressure-cook together for a fragrant one-pot meal.
$1.28per serving $
50 minstart to table
6servings

Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 1 onion
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 1/2 tbsp regular soy sauce
- 2 cups unsalted chicken stock
- 2 tbsp ghee or unsalted butter
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 star anise
- 6 green cardamom pods
- 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 3/8 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- chopped cilantro
Steps
- Rinse the rice, slice the onion, and mince the garlic during 12 minutes of preparation.
- Set a 6-quart Instant Pot to sauté, melt the ghee, and cook the onion, garlic, chicken, garam masala, and turmeric for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the soy sauce, rice, stock, bay leaves, star anise, cardamom, salt, and cayenne.
- Seal the pot and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Let the pressure release naturally for 15 minutes, then release any remaining pressure and check that the chicken reaches 165 F.
- Rest the biryani for 5 minutes, remove the whole spices, and stir in the cilantro.
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