BUTTER CHICKEN

Butter chicken is our favorite Indian dish. Actually, I think the dish its pretty much everyone’s favorite. This butter chicken recipe is just like that found at an Indian restaurant’s dish. Tangy, buttery, packed with flavour!

Feel free to garnish with cilantro. As it’s absolutely despised by the Hubby, it’s one garnish I never or very rarely use.

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Butter Chicken

Ingredients

Quick Marinade

• 1 kg boneless skinless chicken cubed
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• Kafir yogurt to cover

Roasted Masala

• 2 dried thai chilies
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• 1 small stick of cinnamon broken into pieces
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/8 cup sliced almonds
• 4-5 pods of cardamom
• 1 teaspoon corriander seeds

Rest of Masala

• 2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon amchoor powder

Other Ingredients

• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic paste
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 1 398ml can diced fire roasted tomatoes
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons dried fenugreek leaves
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste or a hearty squirt of ketchup
• Salt to taste
• 3 tablespoon butter melted
• lime juice

Instructions

• Mix the chicken, kafir, lime juice, and chilli powder in a large, non-metallic bowl or plastic bag. Set aside to marinade while prepping the rest of the spices.
• In a flat pan, medium heat, gently roast (stirring frequently) the roasting spices until they darken slightly.
• Let cool and put in a coffee grinder and grind into a coarse powder.
• Add the coriander, cumin, amchoor powder, and tumeric and mix.
• Heat a few tbsp of vegetable oil in a deep pan on medium heat.
• When hot, add the onions and half of the spice mix. Saute until the onions turn light brown.
• Add garlic and ginger and fry for about a minute.
• Add the can of tomatoes and saute until most of the liquid is gone.
• Add the chicken to onion mix, along with the other half of the spices, and let cook until the flesh begins to turn white.
• Add 1 cup of the chicken stock and the fenugreek leaves. Saute until it begins to thicken, stirring occasionally.
• When the mix begins to thicken, add in another 1/2 c of the stock.
• Let begin to thicken again, add the tomato paste / ketchup and the other 1/2 c of stock.
• Let cook until sauce has reduced and makes a nice thick gravy and the chicken has cooked through.
• Finish off with a squirt of lime juice and the melted butter, stirring to mix.