Butter Chicken
Recipe ingredients
200g chicken pieces cubed per person
Butter
Large crushed garlic clove
1 Tbls of finely chopped fresh ginger
1½ tsps Garlam Marsala
1 tsp ground cumin
2-3 tsps of crushed chilli (or to taste)
2-3 tbls tomato paste
300ml cream
Salt
Cooking Steps
Brown chicken in a good dollop of butter in heavy bottomed pan, once cooked remove & set aside
In same pan add garlic, ginger, garlam marsala, cumin and chilli cook for 1-2 minutes stirring continuously, add more butter if mixture is dry.
Add cream bring to slight simmer then add tomato paste, simmer for 1 minute.
Add back chicken and simmer until thickens. If too thick add more cream.
Season to taste
Serve with jasmine rice and flat bread (see my recipe for flat bread)
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hehehe "better than from your
hehehe "better than from your local Indian restaurant" We'll just have to see about that. I'll let you know how it goes. 8)
It sure looks better than my
It sure looks better than my local Indian restaurant version. Thank you very much for sharing, I can't wait to try it.
I made this for dinner last
:) I made this for dinner last nite. Doubled the recipe and added a teaspoon of sugar and...........yummy!!!!
Everyone loved it.
Many thanks
Glad you liked it.
Glad you liked it.
wow sugar makes it so fake
wow sugar makes it so fake tasting real curry is naturally sweet and a bit spicy
I prefer mine spicy but I HATE sugar in curry cheap curry in stores suck when sugary :P
LOVED this recipe!! Love
LOVED this recipe!!
Love butter chicken and often buy it from local indian and also make packets from supermarket. You're right this is SO much better than those ones :)
Made it for me and 2 other people and we all loved it :)
Glad you enjoyed it Jojo,
Glad you enjoyed it Jojo, along with the flat bread.
I really love the recipe.
I really love the recipe. Thanks for sharing it. My friends and family jus cant get enough of it. Its more better. More cheaper and more nicer..... I recommend everyone to try it.
I totally agree with the
I totally agree with the previous commenter. This recipe is awesome! I make it with free-range chicken and organic ingredients, the taste and quality can’t be matched.