Creamy Butter Chicken

Name: Creamy Butter Chicken
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6-8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1.5 lbs chicken breast or thigh (cut into pieces); 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp pepper; 1 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp chili powder; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ginger powder; 2 tsp garam masala (look up how to make if you don't have this); 1/2 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream; 1 tbsp minced garlic; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 tbsp butter; 1 cup tomato sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1 cup whipping cream; 2 tsp cornstarch (mixed with a bit of water)

Helen Klassen @cook_helenk

Butter Chicken is one of the most popular curries in the world and yet happens to be one of the easiest!
The chicken is incredibly tender and injected with flavour from a yogurt marinade, and the Butter Chicken sauce is so ridiculously delicious, especially with fresh naan!

Helen Klassen @cook_helenk

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Ingredients

1 hour

6-8 servings

1.5 lbschicken breast or thigh (cut into pieces)
Marinade
1 tspsalt
1/2 tsppepper
1 tspturmeric
1/2 tspchili powder
1 tspground cumin
1 tspginger powder
2 tspgaram masala (look up how to make if you don't have this)
1/2 cupGreek yogurt or sour cream
1 tbspminced garlic
1 tbsplemon juice
After marinating 6 hours or overnight cook with:
1 tbspvegetable oil
2 tbspbutter
Then add
1 cuptomato sauce
1 tbspsugar
1 tspsalt
Finish with,
1 cupwhipping cream
2 tspcornstarch (mixed with a bit of water)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Marinate 6 hours or overnight
2

Then pan fry for 5-8 minutes
3

Pour tomato sauce, sugar and salt over and cover with lid. Cook for 20 minutes on med-low.
4

Then add whipping cream and cornstarch, cook for another 5 minutes.