This butter chicken is always a winner in our house. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!  It’s tasty, simple, and a real family favourite!  If you like it a bit spicier just add some extra chilli, however, we like it as per the recipe below.

You may like to serve it with some of our homemade Naan bread recipe – yummo!! or even with Cauli rice instead of rice!

Tip: Instead of a tin of tomatoes, you could use 6 small fresh tomatoes.

February 20, 2018
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Ingredients

  • 1 brown onion
  • 2 garlic clove
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  • 50 g butter or coconut oil
  • 1 tsp. chilli powder (for medium spice level)
  • 1 tsp. ground turmeric
  • 2 tsp. garam marsala
  • 2 tsp. ground coriander
  • 2 tsp. ground cumin powder
  • 400 g tin tomatoes
  • 3 tbsp. cornflour
  • 4 chicken breast
  • 130 g cream or coconut cream
  • 100 g natural or coconut yoghurt
  • 4 tsp. brown or rapadura sugar

Instructions

Thermal Cooking Method

  1. Place onion, garlic, and ginger into mixing jug and blitz 3 seconds/speed 7. Scrape down sides, add softened butter (or coconut oil), and cook 2 minutes/100ºC/speed 2.
  2. Add chilli, turmeric, garam masala, coriander and cumin and cook for a further 2 minutes/steaming temp/speed 2.
  3. Add tomatoes and cornflour and puree for 10 seconds/speed 7.
  4. Insert whipping tool, then add chicken and cook 15 minutes/100ºC/reverse/speed 1/MC off.
  5. Add cream, yoghurt, and sugar and cook 2 minutes/100ºC/reverse/speed 1.

Traditional Cooking Method

  1. Finely dice onion and mince garlic and ginger then add to a large frying pan over high heat, together with softened butter (or coconut oil), chilli, turmeric, garam masala, coriander, and cumin. Cook for 3 - 5 minutes then remove from heat.
  2. Add the diced chicken and bring back to medium-high heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often.
  3. Combine the tomatoes and cornflour together (puree is best), then pour over the chicken. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.
  4. Reduce heat to low, add sugar, yoghurt, and cream. Stir until well combined. Cook for a final 5 minutes.
  5. Serve with rice, cauliflower rice, naan bread or pappadums.

Nutrition

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