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Butter Chicken Recipe


Butter Chicken Recipe
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A customer walked into a restaurant late at night when all the dishes were finished - the chef just threw a leg of oven roasted chicken in a gravy of butter and tomatoes and some mild spices. The creamy butter chicken dish was thus discovered and b... More

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Ingredients
  • 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp chilli pwd and salt to taste
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  • 2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
  • 2 tbsp meat masala pwd
  • 1 tbsp chilli pwd
  • 1 tsp tumeric pwd
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  • 1 C yogurt ( must not be sour )
  • 2 tbsp butter sticks
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
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  • 1 stick cinnamom
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 star anise
  • 1/2 L onion and 2 green chilli , sliced
  • 1 tbsp ginger - garlic paste
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  • 2 Large tomatoes , skinless , chopped
  • 2 tsp corriander pwd
  • 1 tsp chilli pwd
  • 1/2 tsp pepper pwd
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  • 1 handful of cashewnuts , soaked in hot water and made into paste
  • 1 tsp cumin and 1 tsp fenugreek , 1 cardamom , 1 clove - paste
  • 2 tbsp yogurt
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  • 1/2 C stock ( made with the breast bone )
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  • 1 C whipcream
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Directions
  1. Rub the lemon juice , salt and chilli pwd .
  2. Marinate for 15 mins .
  3. Add the gin-gar paste , chilli pwd , tumeric pwd and masala pwd
  4. Marinate for 90 mins .
  5. Pre heat the oven to 200 deg .
  6. Add the yogurt , oil and butter to the meat
  7. Arrange in a greased tray and bake for 20 mins .
  8. Fry the onion and the spices and the gin-gar paste .
  9. Fry for few mins.
  10. Add the tomatoes and the pwds .
  11. Fry until it's pulpy .
  12. Add the cashew nuts and the paste .
  13. Remove the bayleaves .
  14. Cut the meat and add into the gravy .
  15. Add the stock , check the salt and boil for 5 mins .
  16. Add the cream . Simmer for 1 min .
  17. Serve hot with steamed raisin basmati rice and crunchy fried ginger flavoured cauliflower
  18. Remove .

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Hmmmm....must try.


My husband and family say I make the best Butter Chicken but I am going to give your recipe a try because I like this version. A 5 fork recipe all the way!


Abolutely inspired.


Looks wonderful!


Love it. Thanks for sharing. Will be trying this one!


I see jars of sauce in the super market for Butter Chicken & have wondered what it would taste like, but I'm not a fan of store bought sauces. Now I can try it from scratch & this recipe sounds wonderful. 5 forks


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