13/08/2026
🔥 If Chicken Biryani & Butter Chicken had a love child, it would be THIS Butter Chicken & Rice Traybake!! Juicy chicken drumsticks, fragrant spices, aromatic basmati rice all baked in one tray in the oven. FAST, EASY, DELICIOUS weeknight family dinner! Serve with minted yoghurt and pappadums. SAVE RECIPE and make@this week! 🔥
Butter Chicken & Rice Traybake
Serves 4
8 chicken drumsticks
¼ cup Greek yoghurt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbsp sugar
½ cup butter chicken paste
1 tbsp oil
2 cups basmati rice, washed, rinsed and drained
3 cups chicken stock
¼ cup cream
½ tsp ground turmeric
½ tsp ground cardamom
½ cup frozen peas
2 French shallots, thinly sliced
½ cup fresh coriander, to serve
1 red chilli, thinly sliced, to serve
Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Add
chicken drumsticks to a bowl with Greek yoghurt, garlic powder, smoked paprika, ginger, sugar and butter chicken paste. Mix well and chill for 15 minutes.
Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat. Add the marinated chicken drumsticks to the pan and cook for3-4 minutes on each side until seared and golden. Remove from heat.
Add rice to a 32cm X 22cm X 7cm rectangular baking dish. Add chicken stock, cream, turmeric, cardamom and frozen peas.
Place marinated chicken over the rice mixture. Top with shallots. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and discard the foil. Return to the oven and bake uncovered for a further 15 minutes until the rice is cooked.
Garnish with fresh coriander and serve with red chilli on the side.
