Butter chicken

Name: Butter chicken
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp olive oil; 7 cloves garlic, minced; 1 large onion, diced; 3 tsp Garam masala; 8 med boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into small pieces; 1-28 oz. can diced tomatoes; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 4 tbsp ginger, grated; 1/2 cup plain yogurt; 1/4 butter, melted; 2 tbsp chili powder; 4 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cardamom; 1 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 tsp cumin; 1/4 tsp cayenne powder; 1/4 cup half and half cream; 2 tbsp honey

ireneq @ireneq

This dish is a family favourite. I like to serve the butter chicken with fresh Naan from our local Indian restaurant. But store bought Naan is fine too. I freeze any unused Naan for next time. We don’t usually have any leftover butter chicken to freeze though!

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Ingredients

6 servings

1 tbspbutter
1 tbspolive oil
7 clovesgarlic, minced
1large onion, diced
3 tspGaram masala
8med boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into small pieces
1-28 oz.can diced tomatoes
2 tbsplemon juice
4 tbspginger, grated
1/2 cupplain yogurt
1/4butter, melted
2 tbspchili powder
4 tspgaram masala
1 tspground coriander
1 tspground cardamom
1 tspground nutmeg
1 tspcumin
1/4 tspcayenne powder
1/4 cuphalf and half cream
2 tbsphoney

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Steps

1

Heat 1 tbsp each butter and olive oil in a large pan over med high heat. Add onion and garlic. Sauté until soft.
2

Add chicken and garam masala and cook through. Place chicken on a plate. In the same pan, make the sauce.
3

Add canned tomatoes and all ingredients up to cayenne pepper (ingredient #7-18) to the pan.
4

Turn off the heat to prevent splattering while pureeing. With an immersion hand blender, purée the tomatoes and blend the sauce.
5

Turn heat back on to med low and continue cooking and stirring the sauce until it’s reduced by 1/4. It takes 20-30 mins on low med heat. You can turn up the heat to speed it up but the sauce will splatter.
6

Once sauce is thickened, add the chicken and juices back to the pan. Cook for an additional 5 min.
7

Add cream and honey. Stir to combine well. Enjoy!