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Chicken Biryani

Name: Chicken Biryani
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp. sugar; 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; 1 red onion; 1 lemon; ½ tsp. sugar; ¾ tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 2 garlic cloves, smashed, peeled; 3 tsp. kosher salt, divided; 1½ cups whole-milk yogurt, divided; ¾ cup mixed dried fruit, such as prunes, apricots, pineapple, and/or cranberries; 1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper, divided; 2 cups aged basmati rice; 2 dried bay leaves

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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