Chicken biryani is a dish for celebration. If you need to feed a crowd or host a dinner party, choose this biryani which will excite your guests with the aromas of the dish made in a slow cooker. The biryani is made with par-cooked rice and marinated chicken before they go into the slow cooker. The traditional method for cooking biryanis includes covering a large brazier with dough to trap the heat. In this recipe, the slow cooker is sealed with foil to produce a similar steamed effect.
Just because a meal is made in a slow cooker doesn’t mean there won’t be any prep. Those sorts of recipes exist and are handy when you need a weeknight meal, but because Neela developed these recipes in a manner that preserves the nuanced flavors of Indian food, layering of ingredients and some cooking in stages is necessary. The process of blooming spices is used to create a base of flavor. The rice is par-cooked, and the chicken is marinated for 30 minutes all before they go into the slow cooker.