Butter Chicken
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Butter Chicken
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 4people | 25minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 35minutes |
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Ingredients
Chicken
- 2tbsp Olive Oil
- 400g Chicken Filletsthinly sliced to bite sized pieces
- 1tbsp Ginger Paste
- 1tbsp Garlic Paste
- 1tsp Ground Chilli
- 1tsp Salt
Butter Chicken Sauce
- 1tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 Onion(or 1 small onion) diced
- 30g Butter(about 2 tbsp)
- 500g TomatoesRoughly Cut
- 50g Cashews
- 1/2Cup water
- 1tbsp Garlic Paste
- 1tsp Salt
- 2tbsp Malt Vinegar(or 1.5 tbsp White Vinegar)
- 3 1/2tbsp White Sugar
- 1/2tsp Garam Masala
- 1tsp Ground Chilli
- 75g Butter(about 5 tbsp)
- 3tbsp Cream(full fat or thickened)
- 1tsp Kasoori Methi(also known as fenugreek leaves)
Instructions
Chicken
- In a bowl add sliced chicken, ginger paste, garlic paste, ground chili & salt. Stir to fully combine and allow to marinate for 15-20 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Add chicken pieces and fry until cooked through. Remove from pan and set aside
Butter Chicken Sauce
- Using the same pan, add olive oil, butter & onion & fry for a few minutes until onions are cooked through.
- Add tomatoes & cashews to pan.
- Add water, garlic paste, salt, malt vinegar, sugar, garam masala & ground chili to pan and stir to mix through. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and pour contents into a large bowl.
- Using a hand stick mixer, churn the mixture into a fine puree.
- Pour mixture back into the same pan. NB: See Note below.
- Add butter, cream & chicken to the pan, stir to mix through and let the mixture simmer for a further 6-7 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat, pour mixture into a serving bowl, then garnish with cream and kasoori methi.
- Serve with basmati rice and perhaps naan.
Recipe Notes
After you have pureed the butter chicken sauce mixture, the original recipes suggests you strain the mixture back into the same pan. This removes some of the ‘pulp’ that is left over such as a little tomato skin. I don’t do this step, myself. When I pour the mixture back into the pan, there is often some small amount of pulp sitting at the bottom of the bowl. I simply remove that.