A large dish of chicken biryani with golden saffron rice, tender chicken pieces, peas, caramelised onions, toasted almonds, and whole cinnamon sticks, garnished with fresh coriander.
Close-up of saffron butter melting into spiced rice and chicken biryani, with peas, toasted nuts, and caramelised onions.

Chicken biryani

Chicken biryani

Only the certifiably crazy would make this biriyani – a multi-layered, regal Mughal dish of spiced rice and chicken – from scratch. First there’s the basmati rice cooked in spiced stock with peas, then the marinated free-range chicken, the fried onions and crunchy toasted almonds. The final kicker? A sachet of saffron butter that melts to enrich and elevate the finished dish. Zap it in the microwave – and feast like a rajah. 
Heat & Eat

To Serve

Serve with a refreshing cucumber raita, and roti bread on the side as well as any chutneys you have to hand. 

Ingredients

Cooked rice (29%) (basmati rice, water), free-range chicken thighs (28%), onions, peas, yoghurt (milk, skim milk powder, cultures), salted butter (cream (milk), salt, culture), rice bran oil, roasted almonds, garlic, cinnamon quills, vegetable stock (sea salt, maize maltodextrin, natural vegetable flavour, yeast extract, spinach, celery, cabbage, canola oil, extra virgin olive oil, cane sugar, potassium chloride, parsley), garlic, salt, spices), salt, cumin ground, ginger, turmeric, paprika, coriander ground, garam masala, cardamom, cinnamon,  lemon zest, chilli powder, star anise, saffron

* We don’t add preservatives or additives to our meals – we cook with the same real ingredients you would find in your home fridge and pantry. Some of these household ingredients do contain sub-ingredients, for example Dijon mustard contains sulphites and crushed tomatoes contain citric acid. We try to find products with as few additives as possible and always list every ingredient in our meals, both here and on the label.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size: 400g Ave Quantity
Per Serving 		Ave Quantity
Per 100g
ENERGY 3977 kJ 994 kJ
PROTEIN 48.8 g 12.2 g
FAT (TOTAL) 52.1 g 13.0 g
-SATURATED 22.1 g 5.5 g
CARBOHYDRATE 69.4 g 17.3 g
-SUGARS 9.0 g 2.3 g
SODIUM 962 mg 240 mg

Allergens

Does contain: almond, milk

May contain: crustaceans, eggs, fish, gluten, lupin, molluscs, peanuts, sesame, soy, sulphites, wheat, tree nuts
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Serves 2

SERVES 2

800g- serves 2

To Cook

MICROWAVE: peel back plastic film, remove sachet of saffron butter and loosely lay film back over the tray. DEFROSTED: microwave the tray for 4 minutes. Remove, stir, dollop saffron butter over top, return to microwave for 1 minute or until piping hot. FROZEN: Place the sachet of butter in a cup of warm water to soften. Microwave for 8 minutes, stir and dollop saffron butter over top then microwave for 2 minutes or until piping hot. OVEN: Preheat oven (FF) to 200 C. Remove the film and saffron butter. Transfer the contents to a similar size oven proof tray. FROZEN: Place the sachet of butter in a cup of water to soften. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove the foil, dollop over the saffron butter and return to the oven for another 2-5 minutes. DEFROSTED: Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil, dollop over the saffron butter and return to the oven for another 2-5 minutes.
Microwaves and ovens vary. Please adjust cooking times if necessary.