Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, butter chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Butter Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Butter Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life.

Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve with rice, naan bread, chutney, coriander and lime wedges, if you like. This is a simple home version of butter chicken, also known as 'murgh' or 'chicken makhani'. This is best served with naan or you can also serve this with basmati rice.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter chicken using 25 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:

1. Make ready For the chicken marinade:
2. Get 28 oz (800 g) boneless and skinless chicken thighs or breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
3. Prepare 1/2 cup plain yoghurt
4. Take 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
5. Make ready 1 tablespoon minced ginger (or finely grated)
6. Make ready 2 teaspoons garam masala
7. Make ready 1 teaspoon turmeric
8. Take 1 teaspoon ground cumin
9. Make ready 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
10. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
11. Take For the sauce:
12. Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
13. Prepare 2 tablespoons ghee (or 1 tbs butter + 1 tbs oil)
14. Make ready 1 large onion, sliced or chopped
15. Make ready 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic, minced
16. Get 1 tablespoon ginger, minced or finely grated
17. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
18. Get 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala
19. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground coriander
20. Take 14 oz (400 g) crushed tomatoes
21. Make ready 1 teaspoon red chili powder (adjust to your taste preference)
22. Prepare 1 1/4 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
23. Prepare 1 cup heavy or thickened cream (or evaporated milk to save calories)
24. Get 1 tablespoon sugar
25. Take 1/2 teaspoon kasoori methi (or dried fenugreek leaves)

Prepared in a buttery gravy with the addition of cream gives the curry sauce a silky smooth rich texture. Butter chicken is a popular Indian dish made with chicken, spices, tomatoes & cream. This creamy & authentic tasting butter chicken is the best you can make at home. Serve butter chicken with basmati rice or naan.

Instructions to make Butter Chicken:

1. In a bowl, combine chicken with all of the ingredients for the chicken marinade; let marinate for 30 minutes to an hour (or overnight if time allows).
2. Heat oil in a large skillet 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.)
3. 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.
4. Add garlic and ginger and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant, then add ground coriander, cumin and garam masala. Let cook for about 20 seconds until fragrant, while stirring occasionally.
5. Add crushed tomatoes, chili powder and salt. Let simmer for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until sauce thickens and becomes a deep brown red color.
6. 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.
7. Pour the pureed sauce back into the pan. Stir the cream, sugar and crushed kasoori methi (or fenugreek leaves) through the sauce. 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.
8. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with fresh, hot peas pulao and fresh homemade Naan!
9. Please don't forget to tag @appetizing.adventure on Instagram with a picture if you try this recipe!

This creamy & authentic tasting butter chicken is the best you can make at home. Serve butter chicken with basmati rice or naan. Pin Recipe Print Recipe There's a copious quantity of butter (after all it is butter chicken!), cream and honey. But I assure you it's worth every spoonful. The chicken is marinated & grilled before adding it to the makhani sauce.

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