Home Made Butter Chicken Recipe

Are you looking for a quick and easy recipe for Butter Chicken? Then we have you covered this delicious recipe is just as good as the butter chicken known amongst some of the greatest restuarants around and will help you achieve a great meal for a lot less.

It's so easy it will leave you wondering why you hadn't cooked it at home yourself before!

INGREDIENTS

800g to 1kg Chicken thighs cut into small pieces.
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tablespoon ginger, finely grated
30g butter
1 Large Onion, diced
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 and a half teaspoon garam masala
1 and a half teaspoon ground coriander
1 and a half teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon Keen’s curry powder
half teaspoon chilli powder (can add extra if you like it hot)
800g tinned diced Roma (Italian) tomatoes
1 Table spoon sugar
1 tablespoon tomato paste
300ml thickened cream

DIRECTIONS

1. Brown chicken in a large frypan over medium high heat in olive oil. May need to cook in batches. Remove and keep aside once cooked.

2. Reduce heat of fry pan place in butter, melt than add onions and cook until translucent est. 5mins. Add Garlic and Ginger and cook until fragrant 30secs. Add garam masala, ground coriander, ground cumin, Keen’s curry powder and tomato paste. Mix until combined.

3. Add tinned tomatoes and half cup chicken stock, mix and simmer until sauce begins to thicken est. 10 mins.

4. Remove from pan and blend to create a thick consistent puree and return to fry pan add cream and sugar mix in then return chicken to sauce, stir through and simmer for 10 minutes.

Serve with your choice of rice.