Make Butter Chicken

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.

Ingredients

Butter chicken:

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon chilli powder
  • 2 tablespoons ground almonds
  • 220 g can of whole peeled tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon natural yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons fresh coriander or spinach, chopped
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Olive oil and butter chicken:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • Salt, to taste
  • Chicken pieces
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 can tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Fresh cream

Spicy butter chicken:

  • 750 g cubed chicken fillet
  • 1 tsp chillie powder
  • 2 tsp coriander and cumin spice (dhana jeera or dhania zeera)
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp ginger garlic
  • 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 30 g clarified butter or ghee (for cooking chicken)
  • 1 medium onion
  • 60 g butter
  • 2 grated tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 tsp ginger garlic
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp chillie powder
  • 1/2 tsp coriander and cumin spice
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • 250 ml fresh cream

Steps

Butter chicken

  1. Season the chicken.
    • Begin by seasoning the chicken with a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper.
  2. Heat the oil and begin to fry the chicken.
    • Using a large frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and add the chicken.
  3. Fry for 3-4 minutes.
    • Fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes until it turns a golden-brown colour.
  4. Remove the chicken.
    • Take the chicken out of the frying pan and put it aside.
  5. Melt the butter.
    • Use the same frying pan to melt the butter.
  6. Fry the onion with the cinnamon.
    • Now add the onion and cinnamon and fry together in the pan.
  7. Add the remaining ingredients.
    • At this point add the crushed garlic, crushed ginger, turmeric, chilli powder, almonds, peeled tomatoes, tomato paste and the natural yoghurt. Stir all of the ingredients together and mix thoroughly.
  8. Bring to the boil and cook.
    • Bring the ingredients to a boil and stir for 4-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  9. Add the chicken.
    • Put the chicken back into the pan and combine with the other ingredients.
  10. Add the fresh coriander.
    • To complement the flavors in the dish, add the coriander (or fresh spinach if you prefer) and mix with the sauce.
  11. Serve while streaming and eat up!
    • Spoon the chicken and the sauce onto a large serving dish and serve with rice and Naan bread. A perfect curry dish that goes down well with an icy Asian beer.

Olive oil and butter chicken

  1. Add the olive oil to the pan. Add pepper and salt to taste.
  2. Add the chicken pieces. Gently cook over low heat, allowing the flavors to infuse. Remove and set aside.
  3. Add the butter to a separate pan.
  4. Add the chopped onion. Cook until browned.
  5. Add the tomatoes and garlic.
  6. Cook until the garlic softens. Remove from the heat.
  7. Blend the butter and tomato mixture. Blend until it forms a puree.
  8. Pour the puree over the chicken pieces.
  9. Add a little more oil, and the cardamom and cinnamon.
  10. Add the fresh cream. Cook over a low to medium heat for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  11. Serve hot.

Spicy Butter Chicken

  1. Marinate the chicken with all of the spices besides the clarified butter.
  2. Cook the chicken in the ghee(butter) until it is done.
    • After the chicken is ready it is now time to make the sauce.
  3. Braise the onion in the butter (just for a while not until gold).
  4. Add all of the sauce spices (besides fresh cream) and cook it until the water evaporates
  5. Add the fresh cream and cook the sauce for 2 minutes on low.
  6. Add the chicken in the sauce and cook it for 5 minutes.
  7. Garnish the Butter Chicken with chopped coriander.



Tips

  • You can buy the pre-mix 'Butter Chicken' bottle from the supermarket. This alleviates the first steps on making the sauce for the first method.

Warnings

  • Don't put too much chili in if you can't handle it!

Things You'll Need

Method 1:

  • 1 large frying pan
  • 1 spoon
  • 1 tray

Method 2:

  • 2 large frying pans
  • Cutting board and knife
  • Stirring implements
  • Blender
  • Serving plates

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