Indian Butter Chicken Recipe

ByNithya Narasimhan
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This Indian Butter Chicken Recipe is crazily delicious, wonderfully EASY! with tons of exploding flavours and totally crowd pleasing! This is a simple, classic, homemade butter chicken recipe better than from your favourite Restaurant.

Indian butter chicken served in bowl and coriender leaves are sprinkled on top with onions and lemon aside

                                    Indian Butter Chicken Recipe

How to make easy butter chicken Recipe?

  • Firstly Marinate the chicken pieces, Grill your chicken pieces in butter.
  • Make butter chicken gravy, adding tomato puree, ginger garlic paste and spices in butter. Simmer the gravy.
  • Add chicken pieces and finally a dollop of fresh cream.

Why this Recipe works?

  • Lip smacking Delicious: This is the best Butter chicken Recipe ever, so good! I  have made this recipe number of times, Every time I make it turn out SO SO Good!
  • Perfect consistency, rightly seasoned that’s what makes the good butter chicken.
  • Super Easy to make: Ingredients are super simple, totally pantry friendly!
  • Better than your takeout: It is better than your favourite restaurant, Making creamy butter chicken is now at your finger-tips!

What are the ingredients for butter chicken?

  • Chicken, butter, cream, tomato puree, spices.

How do I make butter chicken Thicker?

  •  Simmer down: You can simmer the sauce in low-heat uncovered until you get the desired consistency.
  •  Less water: Adding less water content, makes the gravy thicker.

How long does butter chicken last in the fridge?

  • The butter chicken can be refrigerated for 2 to 3 days.

Can I freeze butter chicken?

  • If you intend to freeze butter chicken, Freeze the curry without adding cream.
  • Stir the cream after the curry has been re-heated.

Can I reheat butter chicken?

  • Yes, It is only safe to reheat once. The chicken can be re-heated in frying pan or microwave for a minute or in a slow cooker.

butter chicken served in a bowl with dallop of butter on top with rice aside

How to make Easy Indian Butter Chicken Recipe:

spices are taken in blue mixing bowl
In a mixing bowl, add chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, fennel powder, salt and dried fenugreek leaves
yoghurt is being added to spices in blue mixing bowl
Add yoghurt/curd
spices mix is taken in blue mixing bowl
whisk everything to make smooth paste
chicken is being added to spice mix in blue mixing bowl
Add chicken pieces
chicken is marinated with spices in blue mixing bowl
mix well and marinate for 10 mins
butter is being heated up in saute pan
Heat up butter in saute pan
marinated chicken pieces are added to saute pan
Add the marinated chicken pieces and cook for 8 to 10 mins
chicken pieces are browned well in saute pan
Chicken has been cooked in butter. Turn off the heat.
cooked chicken pieces are taken in plate
collect your chicken pieces in small plate and keep aside.
tomatoes are taken in blender
Now, Puree the tomatoes to a very smooth paste
butter is heated up in saute pan
In the same pan, heat up butter
tomato puree from the blender jar is being added to saute pan
Pour in tomato puree
tomato puree is in saute pan
let it cook for 5 to 8 mins
gingergarlic paste is being added to tomato paste in saute pan
Add ginger garlic paste
tomato puree is being sauted well in saute pan
keep sauting until the raw smell of the ginger garlic paste leaves off
A bowl of spice powders are being added to tomato puree
Add chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt
well sauted tomato puree in saute pan
keep sauting for few more mins, until you see a thin glaze of butter on sides
cooked chicken is being added to tomato puree in saute pan
Add chicken pieces
milk is being added to pan
In goes some milk
chicken is being cooked in saute pan
stir for few seconds
butter chicken is being cooked in saute pan
when you can see a thin glaze of butter on sides.
fresh cream is being added to saute pan
Add fresh cream and cook for just for 1 minute
dried fenugreek leaves are sprinkled on top of butter chicken
crush some dried fenugreek seeds and sprinkle on top. Delicious butter chicken is ready!

a bowl of indian butter chicken sprinkled with coriender leaves with onion and lemon aside

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Indian Butter Chicken

  • Author: Nithya Narasimhan
  • Prep Time: 3 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 23 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Description

This Indian Butter Chicken Recipe is crazily delicious, wonderfully EASY! with tons of exploding flavours and totally crowd pleasing! This is a simple, classic, homemade butter chicken recipe better than from your favourite Restaurant.

Ingredients

Scale
  • Chicken- 1/2 kg
  • Butter- 1 tbs

To marinate:

  • 1 tbs Chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1–1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp fennel powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves
  • 2 tbs yoghurt

For Butter chicken Gravy:

  • 2 tbs Butter
  • 4 to matoes
  • 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tbs chilli powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tbs fresh cream

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients “ to marinate”.
  2. Add chicken and marinate for 10mins.
  3. Heat up saute pan, add 1 tbs of butter and saute the chicken and collect the cooked chicken in plate and keep aside.
  4. Puree the tomatoes to smooth paste
  5. In the same pan, add butter, add tomato puree and cook for 5 to 8 mins.
  6. Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smell disappears
  7. In goes the spice powders, salt and saute for 2 to 3 mins.
  8. Add 1/2 cup of water just to scrape out the masala sticking to the pan.
  9. Now, in goes cooked chicken, add milk and cook for few more minutes, till you see the glaze on the sides of the pan.
  10. Add fresh cream and cook for just 1 minute.
  11. Sprinkle some crushed dried fenugreek seeds.

Notes

How do I make butter chicken Thicker?

a) Simmer down: You can simmer the sauce in low-heat uncovered until you get the desired consistency.

b) Less water: Adding less water content, makes the gravy thicker.

How long does butter chicken last in the fridge?

The butter chicken can be refrigerated for 2 to 3 days.

Can I freeze butter chicken?

If you intend to freeze butter chicken, Freeze the curry without adding cream.

Stir the cream after the curry has been re-heated.

Can I reheat butter chicken?

Yes, It is only safe to reheat once. The chicken can be re-heated in frying pan or microwave for a minute or in a slow cooker.

  • Category: Non-veg Gravy, Side Dish
  • Cuisine: Indian

 

 

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