Butter Chicken
Directions
- 1Cut boneless, skinless chicken thighs into 1-inch pieces and place them in a bowl.
- 2Add Greek yogurt, grated garlic, and grated ginger to the bowl.
- 3Add garam masala, ground cumin, ground coriander, turmeric, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Mix everything well.
- 4Let the chicken marinate for as long as you are willing to.
- 5Roughly chop a shallot, roughly chop some garlic, and roughly chop some ginger.
- 6Add ghee to a hot pan.
- 7Add marinated chicken to the pan and cook until lightly browned. Remove the chicken from the pan.
- 8Add a little more ghee to the pan and sauté shallot, garlic, and ginger.
- 9Once the shallot, garlic, and ginger are fragrant, add diced tomatoes, garam masala, ground cumin, ground coriander, chili powder, ground ginger, garlic powder, and lemon juice.
- 10Blend the mixture using an immersion blender until smooth.
- 11Add heavy cream and 8 tbsp of cold butter. Stir well.
- 12Add the cooked chicken back to the pan and let it simmer in the sauce for about 10 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 thumb-sized piece ginger
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 shallot
- 2 tbsp gee
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 tbsp cold butter
Equipment
knifecutting boardlarge bowlgraterpanimmersion blender