# Butter Chicken

Butter chicken is a heavenly chicken gravy recipe.

- Servings: 5 servings
- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 gms Chicken breast boneless
- 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
- 1 Salt
- 1 Oil
- 500 gms roughly slit tomatoes
- 100 gms roughly cut onions
- 1 tbsp garlic paste
- 50 gms cashew
- 1 tsp kasoori methi
- 0.5 tsp garam masala
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 5 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp cream
- 2 tbsp malt vinegar
- 1 Salt

## Instructions

1. Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and salt.
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the marinated chicken pieces. Transfer to a bowl once done.
3. In the same pan, add chopped onions, oil, and a spoonful of butter. Once the onions are cooked, add tomatoes and cashew nuts.
4. Add water, garlic paste, salt, malt vinegar, sugar, garam masala powder, and chili powder. Mix well and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
5. Blend the mixture into a fine puree using a hand blender.
6. Strain the puree back into the same pan, pressing to minimize wastage.
7. Add butter, cream, the fried chicken, and kasoori methi. Simmer for 5-7 minutes.
8. Garnish with fresh cream and kasoori methi.

## Equipment

- bowl
- knife
- pan
- hand blender
- strainer

## Tips

- Marinate the chicken for 15-20 minutes
- Press as much as you can when straining the mixture to minimize wastage

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/a03U45jFxOI?si=fQCjvjvKZyfeaZOh
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6447c356-09d7-4116-a044-d04bba690aba
- Extracted: 2025-05-03

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