Rich Butter Chicken

This delightfully simple Indian recipe makes a delicious butter chicken.
Decadent and rich, this dish is perfect for entertaining as it's one of the most
loved Indian recipes.

Servings: 4 people

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Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
30 minutes

Marinating
6 hours

Total Time
6 hours, 45 minutes

Course:

Main Course Main Dish

Cuisine:

Indian South Asian

Keywords:

Butter Chicken Indian Chicken

Instructions

1 Take plain yogurt (2 cups). Marinate 1Kg of cubed chicken thighs or breast in
yogurt, with 1/4 cup of chopped ginger, 1/4 cup of chopped garlic, 1 tsp ground
coriander, 1tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp of tumeric, Juice of one half large lemon.
2 Marinate 6-24 hours. Keep in refrigerator , Longer is better.
3 1 tsp fennel seeds and 1 tsp coriander seeds into a pan with 3 tbs of ghee. If
no ghee, use butter or olive oil. Lightly brown the seeds, and then add one red
onion. Add 1 tsp of finely ground ginger and 2 cloves chopped garlic. let all
simmer together low heat until onion gets soft and cooks down. Add a little bit
(2 tsp) more oil as cooking as needed. Keep heat low so as not to burn anything
4 Add four blanched large tomatoes, chopped, and a cup of water. Let simmer on a
mid-heat until the tomatoes also break down and the onions are mostly dissolved.
Then remove the mix from the heat. Put into a blended and blend for 30
seconds, to liquefy.
5 Take chicken and put into a pan with ghee. Sear the chicken and brown it on
all sides. This should take 15 minutes of cooking, cube sizes should be about
3 cm per side, so as to allow it to brown without losing tenderness. Take the
chicken out of the pan and put aside.
6 Without cleaning the pan, add the tomato mixture and put on medium heat. Add 4
tablespoons of good quality butter and stir the butter in. Add one to two
tablespoon of garam masala mixture (or separately add more cumin, coriander
powders, tumeric, paprika) Add one half tablespoon of fenegreco powder. Add
one tsp of spicy chili powder or cayenne pepper (or less to laste, though BC is
generally not a spicy dish). Add more garlic and add salt, as desired to taste.
Make sure that the chicken bits on the bottom of the pan are scraped up into the
mix so as to add that flavor. Mix in the mushrooms if you are using them.
7 Add the chicken back into the mixture and simmer until the chicken is cooked all
the way through. Add 2/3 cup of heavy cream and continue to stir and additional
5 mins. Add 1-2 tbsp more of butter and lower the heat.
8 Put the dish into a small bowls and garnish on top with a tssp of heavy cream
and fresh coriander and other herbs as desired.

Rich Butter Chicken

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