# Healthy Butter Chicken

This healthy butter chicken is made in 15 minutes and has 59 grams of protein.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 210 g chicken thighs skinless boneless
- salt
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 50 g Greek yogurt 0.2% fat
- 100 g yellow onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- oil
- 0.5 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
- 200 g sieved tomatoes
- 100 g water
- 100 g low fat evaporated milk
- 1 Laughing Cow cheese wedge
- 50 g Jasmine rice
- fresh greens

## Instructions

1. Remove the skin and excess fat off of 210 grams of chicken thighs.
2. Cut the chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces.
3. Add salt, garam masala, and 50g of Greek yogurt into the bowl with the chicken.
4. Mix the ingredients together and let it sit for an hour.
5. Dice 100g of yellow onion.
6. Peel and grate two garlic cloves.
7. Add oil into a pan on medium high heat.
8. Add in the chicken pieces and fry them for about one minute on one side.
9. Flip the chicken, fry the other side for another minute, and then remove the chicken from the pan.
10. Reduce the heat to medium, add another spritz of oil, and go in with the onions.
11. Fry the onion for about two minutes.
12. Add 0.5 tsp of garam masala, a tsp of garlic powder, a tsp of paprika, a tsp of turmeric, and 0.5 tsp of cayenne pepper into the pan.
13. Fry the ingredients for about another minute.
14. Add another bit of oil and add in the garlic.
15. Let it get fragrant for 10 seconds before combining everything.
16. Add 200g of sieved tomatoes and a splash of 100g of water.
17. Simmer this on medium heat for about 3 to 4 minutes.
18. Add 100g of low fat evaporated milk and one wedge of Laughing Cow cheese into the pan.
19. Mix and incorporate the Laughing Cow.
20. Add back the chicken thighs and let this simmer for an additional 5 to 6 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
21. Add the butter chicken on a plate of 50g Jasmine rice.
22. Top with fresh greens.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- bowl
- measuring spoon
- grater
- pan

## Tips

- Removing the skin and fat of the chicken thighs makes the macros almost the same as chicken breast.
- Adding a red bell pepper and grated ginger would be a great addition as well.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQq33CEzTic
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5f5c9cb1-2468-4cf4-b982-38fbe7190fb4
- Extracted: 2025-05-29

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