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Chicken Biryani

Name: Chicken Biryani
Ingredients: ½ tsp. ground cardamon; ¾ cup kosher salt; ½ cup mixed coarsely chopped nuts, such as almonds, pistachios, pine nuts, and/or walnuts; ¾ cup melted ghee or neutral oil; 1½ lb. skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs; 1 4" piece fresh ginger, peeled, thinly sliced; 2 dried bay leaves; 1 red onion; 1 lemon; ½ tsp. sugar; ¾ tsp. ground cinnamon; 2 garlic cloves, smashed, peeled; 3 tsp. kosher salt, divided; 1½ cups whole-milk yogurt, divided; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper, divided; 1 Tbsp. sugar; ¾ cup mixed dried fruit, such as prunes, apricots, pineapple, and/or cranberries; 2 cups aged basmati rice

Biryani can be an elaborate, ambitious affair, packed with layer upon layer of spiced meat and vegetables all steaming together with ghee. This version is simplified, with just two layers—marinated chicken thighs and parboiled basmati—cooked together in a heavy-lidded dutch oven to keep all the stea...

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