Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken

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Butter Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Butter Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Butter chicken is a great, ever-evolving, cross-continental dish found in Delhi, London, New York, Perth and most points in between. In its purest form, it is yogurt-and-spice-marinated chicken dressed in a velvety red bath comprising butter, onions, ginger and tomatoes scented with garam masala, cumin and turmeric, with a cinnamon tang. Butter chicken is prepared with marinated chicken that's first grilled and then served in a rich gravy (a.k.a. curry) made with tomato, butter, and a special spice blend as a base.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter chicken using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:
  1. Make ready marinade and chicken
  2. Make ready 1 pound chicken breast cut in 2 inch pieces
  3. Prepare 1/4 tsp tumeric powder
  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp paprika
  6. Get 1/2 tsp coriander
  7. Make ready 3/4 tsp cumin
  8. Make ready 1 Tbs oil
  9. Get pinch black pepper
  10. Make ready to taste salt
  11. Prepare 1 tsp minced ginger
  12. Get 1 tsp minced garlic
  13. Prepare sauce
  14. Prepare 1 Tbs butter
  15. Get 1/2 C heavy cream
  16. Get 1/2 C milk
  17. Prepare 1/2 C crushed tomatoes
  18. Take 3/4 cup water
  19. Take 1/4 tsp salt
  20. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  21. Make ready 1 Tbs sugar
  22. Get 1/4 tsp fenugreek leaves

It's quick to make with chicken, tomato sauce, cream, and handful of pantry spices. 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. So he created a creamy tomato sauce full of spices and butter to rehydrate the chicken and create. Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) is one of the most popular curries in the world and yet happens to be one of the easiest!

Instructions to make Butter Chicken:
  1. Wash and dry the chicken, then mix marinade spices with the chicken and put in the fridge for 45 minutes.
  2. In a saucepan combine all sauce ingredients. Cook on low heat for 45 minutes until sauce gets thick and butter separates, then set aside
  3. Bake the chicken on a tray in an oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until chicken is tender and cooked.
  4. Reheat the butter sauce on medium heat and add additional 1/2 cup of milk.
  5. When the sauce comes to a boil add chicken and cook 10 minutes longer.
  6. Serve with basmati rice and naan bread.

No hunting down hard to find ingredients, this is a Chef recipe that makes the most incredible curry sauce. The chicken is incredibly tender and injected with flavour from a yogurt marinade, and the Butter Chicken sauce is so ridiculously delicious, you'll want it on tap! WHY IS IT CALLED BUTTER CHICKEN. Created by Kundan Lal Gujral, you may notice that Butter Chicken (known as murgh makhani — chicken with butter), is similar to British tikka masala. Prepared in a buttery gravy with the addition of cream gives the curry sauce a silky smooth rich texture.

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