# Butter Chicken

A quick and easy butter chicken recipe that takes only 14 minutes and 58 seconds to make.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 14 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 chicken
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 pinch turmeric
- 1 pinch cumin
- 1 pinch ground coriander
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 3 tbsp garam masala
- 3 tbsp yogurt
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 red onion
- 2 cardamom seeds
- 2 cloves
- 1 ginger
- 1 chilli
- 1 garlic
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro
- 1 bottle tomato sauce
- 1 bottle double cream
- 1 lemon

## Instructions

1. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, turmeric, cumin, ground coriander, cayenne pepper and garam masala.
2. Add yogurt and oil to the chicken and mix well.
3. In a pan, caramelize the red onion.
4. Add cardamom seeds, cloves, ginger, chilli, garlic and butter to the onions.
5. Chop the cilantro, separating the stalks and tops.
6. Add the cilantro stalks to the onions.
7. Add garam masala, turmeric, cumin and cayenne pepper, and toast.
8. Add butter to the spices.
9. Add the marinated chicken to the pan and cook.
10. Caramelize the onions down.
11. Add the tomato sauce and, when it starts boiling, add the double cream.
12. Add a touch of lemon juice and blend.
13. Pass the sauce through a sieve.
14. Combine the sauce and cooked chicken.
15. Add a few knobs of butter, lemon zest and fresh cilantro.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pan
- blender
- knife
- grater
- sieve

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYvMfhua/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d63e43f5-be3e-4fd5-9089-ba4ad6304568
- Extracted: 2025-01-03

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