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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wrap cardamom pods, cinnamon stick, ginger, and cumin and fennel seed in small piece of cheesecloth and secure with kitchen twine. In 3 ½- to 4-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan about 8 inches in diameter, bring water, spice bundle, and 1 ½ teaspoons salt to boil over medium-high heat; reduce to medium and simmer, partially covered, until spices have infused water, at least 15 minutes (but no longer than 30 minutes). | 2. Meanwhile, season both sides of chicken thighs with salt and pepper and set aside. Heat butter in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until foaming subsides; add onions and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and dark brown about edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Add jalapeños and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer onion mixture to bowl, season lightly with salt, and set aside. Wipe out skillet with paper towels, return heat to medium-high, and place chicken pieces skin-side down in skillet; cook, without moving chicken, until well browned, about 5 minutes. Flip chicken and brown second side, 4 to 5 minutes longer; transfer chicken to plate and remove and discard skin. Tent with foil to keep warm. | 3. If necessary, return spice-infused water to boil over high heat; stir in rice and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain rice through fine-mesh strainer, reserving ¾ cup cooking liquid; discard spice bundle. Transfer rice to medium bowl; stir in saffron and currants (rice will turn splotchy yellow). Spread half of rice evenly in bottom of now-empty saucepan using rubber spatula. Scatter half of onion mixture over rice, then place chicken thighs, skinned-side up, on top of onions; add any accumulated chicken juices. Evenly sprinkle with cilantro and mint, scatter remaining onions over herbs, then cover with remaining rice; pour reserved cooking liquid evenly over rice. | 4. Cover saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until rice is tender and chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes (if large amount of steam is escaping from pot, reduce heat to low). Using large serving spoon, spoon biryani into individual bowls, scooping from bottom of pot and serving 1 chicken piece per person. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cardamom pod	10			-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
ginger	2	inches	cut	-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1/2	teaspoon		3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
fennel seed	1	teaspoon		6.9	1.0458	0.316	0.2974
water	3	quarts		-	-	-	-
table salt				-	-	-	-
roasting chicken	1		skinless cut	965.6022	0.408	77.4748	70.0855
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
butter	3	tablespoons	unsalted	256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
onion	4	cups	sliced	256.0	59.776	7.04	0.64
jalapeno chile	2		seeded chopped chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4		minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
basmati rice	1 1/4	1/4		-	-	-	-
saffron thread	1/2	teaspoon	crumbled	-	-	-	-
currant	1/4	cup	dried	17.64	4.3064	0.392	0.1148
cilantro leaf	2	tablespoons	minced	0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
mint leaf	2	tablespoons	minced	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.