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Chicken Biryani

Name: Chicken Biryani
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp. sugar; ½ tsp. ground cardamon; ¾ cup mixed dried fruit, such as prunes, apricots, pineapple, and/or cranberries; 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; 2 dried bay leaves; 1 4" piece fresh ginger, peeled, thinly sliced; 1 tsp. fresh ground black pepper, divided; 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; 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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