# Butter Chicken

A flavor-packed twist on the classic chicken and rice, featuring marinated chicken in a creamy tomato-based sauce.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 chicken thighs
- 4 tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- pinch salt
- 0.5 tablespoon turmeric
- 0.5 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 1 yellow onion
- some oil
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoons cashews
- drizzle heavy cream
- parsley
- rice

## Instructions

1. Chop the chicken thighs into smaller pieces.
2. Marinate the chicken with Greek yogurt, ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, turmeric, chili powder, and garam masala.
3. Dice one yellow onion.
4. Heat a large pan on medium heat with some oil.
5. Sear off the marinated chicken, cooking it about 80% of the way through.
6. Remove the chicken from the pan.
7. Add the diced onions to the pan and cook them down.
8. Season the onions with the same spices used to marinate the chicken.
9. Add a can of diced tomatoes and scrape off the fond from the bottom of the pan.
10. Add a tablespoon of butter and mix it in.
11. Add cashews.
12. Put everything in a separate container and blend it up.
13. Put the blended sauce back in the pan.
14. Add your chicken back in to finish cooking.
15. Scoop rice into a bowl (use either jasmine or basmati rice).
16. Scoop in the butter chicken and drizzle it with a little bit of heavy cream.
17. Garnish with some parsley.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- pan
- wooden spoon
- blender
- rice cooker

## Tips

- Marinate the chicken thighs for maximum flavor.
- Use either jasmine or basmati rice to serve

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIKPqy-TeZ9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MXI3NHIxdmM4a3FuNQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5dc6a879-c069-4f87-bfc1-dda5e9e8a94c
- Extracted: 2025-06-09

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