# Butter Chicken

This recipe shows how to make a delicious and creamy butter chicken at home.

- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 gm Boneless Chicken
- 1 4 tsp Salt
- 0.5 tsp Garlic paste
- 0.5 tsp Ginger paste
- 2 tbsp Plain yogurt
- 1 tsp Lime Juice
- 1 tbsp Mustard oil
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 cup Diced onion
- 3 medium Tomatoes
- 1 tsp Garlic paste
- 1 tsp Ginger paste
- 0 Salt
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 4 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 0.5 tsp Garam masala
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- 0.25 cup Whole cream/Whipping cream
- 50 gm Cashew nuts
- 1.5 tsp Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek)

## Instructions

1. Marinate the chicken with salt, yogurt, garlic paste, ginger paste, lime juice, mustard oil and Kashmiri red chili powder for 15-20 minutes.
2. In a pan, heat cooking oil and butter. Add the marinated chicken and cook until brown.
3. Add diced onions and saute until golden brown.
4. Add garlic paste and ginger paste, and saute briefly.
5. Add diced tomatoes, Kashmiri red chili powder and saute.
6. Add water and cashew nuts. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
7. Blend the cooked tomato mixture using an immersion blender until smooth.
8. Strain the blended mixture through a sieve to remove any solids.
9. In the same pan, add butter to the strained sauce. Mix well.
10. Add garam masala and mix.
11. Add whipping cream and mix well until the sauce is creamy.
12. Add the browned chicken pieces to the sauce and mix.
13. Sprinkle Kasuri Methi and mix.
14. Serve hot.

## Equipment

- bowl
- spoon
- frying pan
- tongs
- spatula
- knife
- cutting board
- immersion blender
- sieve

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/M-j7G7Ebb2A?si=XU_I0cSGctEcp-JG
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/aa5dc719-6470-436b-a4c2-aeea38ef382d
- Extracted: 2025-02-04

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