Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, butter chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook butter chicken using 25 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:
- Prepare For the chicken marinade
- Make ready 800 g boneless and skinless chicken cut into bit sized pieces
- Prepare 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- Take 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
- Make ready 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- Prepare 2 teaspoons garam masala
- Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric
- Take 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Get 1 teaspoon mild chilli powder
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Take For the Sauce
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Take 1 tablespoon butter + 1 tablespoon oil)
- Get 1 large onion, sliced or chopped
- Prepare 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
- Take 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala
- Make ready 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- Make ready 400 g plum tomatoes
- Take 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- Prepare 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
- Get 1 cup single/double cream
- Get 1 tablespoon sugar
Butter Chicken simmers in a buttery tomato sauce and is punctuated by several special spices and herbs. Skip the Indian takeout and cook up your very own version of the popular dish! Butter chicken was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken. Share this with your friends via There is a very good reason why butter chicken is one of the most loved Indian dishes: it's pretty darn delicious.
Instructions to make Butter Chicken:
- In a bowl, combined chicken with all of the ingredients for the chicken marinade: let marinate for 30 mins to an hour (or overnight for more flavourful chicken).
- Heat oil in a large pan or pot over medium-high heat. When sizzling, add chicken pieces in batches of two or three, making sure not to crowd the pan. Fry until browned for only 3 minutes on each side. Set aside and keep warm. (You will finish cooking the chicken in the sauce.)
- Heat butter or ghee in the same pan. Fry the onions until they start to sweat (about 6 minutes) while scraping up any browned bits stuck on the bottom of the pan.
- Add garlic and ginger and saute for 1 minute until fragrant. Add ground coriander, cumin and garam masala. Let cook for about 20 seconds until fragrant, while stirring occasionally.
- Add plum tomatoes, tomato puree, chili powder and salt. Let simmer for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until sauce thickens and becomes a deep brown red colour.
- Remove from heat, scoop mixture into a blender and blend until smooth. You may need to add a couple tablespoons of water to help it blend (up to 1/4 cup). Work in batches depending on the size of your blender.
- Pour the puréed sauce back into the pan. Stir the cream & sugar. Add the chicken with juices back into the pan and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes until chicken is cooked through and the sauce is thick and bubbling.
- Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with fresh, hot basmati rice.
It's simplified and cooked all in one pan and goes great with a side of rice or naan! Ever since moving to Alexandria, Virginia we've been. A delicious chicken dish that can be made as hot or as mild as you wish - a perfect meal for curry lovers who want to keep it simple. Chicken Makhani is one of my favorite Indian dishes. It is a full flavored dish that complements the chicken well.
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