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Butter Chicken Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cholena / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago 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 Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:10	Cholena
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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

Rub the lemon juice , salt and chilli pwd .

Marinate for 15 mins .

Add the gin-gar paste , chilli pwd , tumeric pwd and masala pwd

Marinate for 90 mins .

Pre heat the oven to 200 deg .

Add the yogurt , oil and butter to the meat

Arrange in a greased tray and bake for 20 mins .

Fry the onion and the spices and the gin-gar paste .

Fry for few mins.

Add the tomatoes and the pwds .

Fry until it's pulpy .

Add the cashew nuts and the paste .

Remove the bayleaves .

Cut the meat and add into the gravy .

Add the stock , check the salt and boil for 5 mins .

Add the cream . Simmer for 1 min .

Serve hot with steamed raisin basmati rice and crunchy fried ginger flavoured cauliflower

Remove .

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Comments

angieaugusta 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Hmmmm....must try.

lor 1 year, 6 months ago said:
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!

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Abolutely inspired.

bluewaterandsand 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Looks wonderful!

sparow64 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Love it. Thanks for sharing. Will be trying this one!

brianna 1 month ago said:
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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