Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, butter chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Butter chicken also known as chicken makhani is one of the most popular, lip smacking and Chunks of grilled chicken (tandoori chicken) cooked in a smooth buttery & creamy tomato based. Butter chicken or murg makhani (pronounced [mʊrg ˈmək.kʰə.niː]) is a dish of chicken in a spiced tomato, butter and cream sauce. It originated in the Indian subcontinent.
Butter Chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Butter Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have butter chicken using 24 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:
- Get Marinade
- Prepare 1 1/2 lb chicken thigh
- Prepare 1/2 cup plain yoghurt
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
- Get 1 tbsp minced ginger
- Prepare 2 tsp garam masala
- Get 1 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 1 tsp ground cumin
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare Sauce
- Get 2 tbsp oil
- Make ready 2 tbsp ghee
- Take 1 onion, diced
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
- Get 1 tbsp minced ginger
- Prepare 1 tsp coriander
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Prepare 14 oz crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Prepare 1 cup heavy cream
- Take 1 tbsp sugar
Skip the Indian takeout and cook up your very own version of the popular dish! Butter Chicken is one of my top five favorite Indian recipes. Butter chicken like chicken tikka masala, is one of the most popular Indian curries across the world and for all the right reasons. This delicious chicken recipe is also popular by its Hindi name.
Steps to make Butter Chicken:
- Combine all marinade ingredients in a large gallon plastic bag, mixing thoroughly. Chop chicken into bite size pieces and marinate overnight.
- Heat oil in large saucepan, then add chicken. Stir fry for about five minutes, then remove from pan and set aside
- In same pan, heat ghee and add onions, cooking until they sweat. Add garlic and ginger, saute until aromatic.
- Add coriander, garam masala, and cumin and saute for a minute, then add tomatoes, chilli powder, and salt. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat, then use a stick blender or regular blender to puree sauce.
- Return blended sauce to pan, then add cream and sugar. Return chicken and juices to sauce and combine. Simmer for another 10 minutes, then serve.
Butter chicken was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken. There is a very good reason why butter chicken is one of the most loved Indian dishes: it's pretty darn delicious. Succulent marinated chicken steeped in a rich and creamy tomato sauce. Butter chicken originated from using leftover dry tandoori chicken and giving it moisture with a creamy spiced tomato sauce — plus some butter, and we have butter chicken. This means you now have the lovely buttery tomato-ey sauce ready for the next time you have chicken leftover.
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