The best-ever butter chicken – Food & Home Magazine

The best-ever butter chicken – Food & Home Magazine

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Make this rich and creamy butter chicken at home with yoghurt-marinated chicken, warming spices and a buttery tomato-and-cream sauce.

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Cooking tools:

  • Microplane
  • Grater
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Mixing bowl
  • Plastic wrap
  • Refrigerator
  • Pot
  • Skillet
  • Stove
  • Spoon
  • Measuring spoon
  • Measuring cup
  • Serving bowl

Ingredients

  • <h3>MARINADE<h3>
  • 500g skinless chicken breasts, cubed
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 80g full-cream Greek/plain yoghurt
  • <h3>SAUCE</h3>
  • olive oil, to fry
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 onion, peeled and chopped
  • 5 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
  • 20g fresh ginger, unpeeled and finely grated
  • ½ tsp fenugreek seeds/methi seeds (optional)
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander + extra, to serve
  • 2 tsp masala/curry powder/smoked paprika
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 500ml (2 cups) tomato purée
  • 250ml (1 cup) fresh cream
  • handful chopped fresh coriander, to serve
  • naan bread/cooked
  • basmati rice, to serve

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