Butter Chicken

4m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Make some rice in a rice cooker.
  2. 2Marinate the chicken with salt, garam masala, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, grated garlic, grated ginger, and full fat greek yogurt.
  3. 3Chop the onion, ginger and garlic.
  4. 4Melt some butter in a pan and fry the marinated chicken until cooked. Remove the chicken and keep it aside.
  5. 5Add more butter in the pan and add the chopped onion, ginger and garlic. Saute until soft.
  6. 6Add salt, garam masala, smoked paprika, and a can of diced tomatoes. Cook for a couple of minutes.
  7. 7Add cream and stir.
  8. 8Roughly blend the sauce with a hand blender, maintaining some chunks.
  9. 9Add the cooked chicken back to the sauce and let it simmer to soak up the flavors.
  10. 10Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Add more cream and coriander.
  11. 11Serve the butter chicken over rice.

Ingredients

  • 250 grams chicken thigh pieces
  • 0.25 onion
  • 0.15 ginger
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 20 grams butter
  • 1 can of diced tomatoes
  • 10 grams garam masala
  • 10 grams smoked paprika
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 2 pinches salt
  • 2 tablespoons full fat greek yogurt
  • 1 handful coriander
  • 2 tablespoons cream
  • 1 cup rice

Equipment

Rice cookerknifegraterpanhand blender