Easy Chicken Biryani

Chicken

Eb Gargano · easypeasyfoodie.com · 2025 · 4 people

Against 319 biryani recipes

No yogurt, unlike 74% of recipes and less ghee or oil than 81%.

How it compares

Against the typical pot: the median of 319 biryani recipes, per 100 g of uncooked rice.

No yogurt at all, where 74% of recipes use some (most of those 23 to 62% of the uncooked rice weight).
Less ghee or oil than 81% of recipes: 4.5% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about half as much.
Onions in the middle half of recipes: 37% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

400 g chicken breast (cut into small chunks)400 g
2 teaspoons garam masala≈ 5 g
Salt and black pepper (to taste)n/a
1 tablespoon olive oil ((or rapeseed oil, or coconut oil))≈ 14 g
1 onion (sliced)≈ 110 g
1 red (bell) pepper (sliced)≈ 120 g
3 cloves garlic (crushed or grated)≈ 9 g
1 teaspoon chilli flakes ((or to taste))≈ 4.9 g
2 teaspoons ground cumin≈ 4.2 g
2 teaspoons ground turmeric≈ 6 g
300 g basmati rice ((see Note 1))300 g
400 ml coconut milk≈ 406 g
200 ml water ((or chicken stock, if you prefer))≈ 200 g
100 g frozen peas ((no need to defrost first))100 g
2 tablespoons fresh coriander (AKA cilantro) (plus extra for garnish (optional))≈ 2 g

Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.

Pickles/chutneys/naan bread/chapattis – or whatever you like to serve with a biryani!n/a

uncooked rice 300 gin all 1681 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice, and where that falls among all 319 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by percentages of the uncooked rice weight: meat, fish or egg, yogurt, onions, ghee or oil, mint and coriander, spices, potatoes, salt.