Butter Chicken. It is more popular outside of India than it is in India. Chicken Makhani is one of my favorite Indian dishes. It is a full flavored dish that complements the Saute shallot and onion until soft and translucent.

A delicious chicken dish that can be made as hot or as mild as you wish - a perfect meal for curry lovers who want to keep it simple. It requires the chicken to be marinated in advance, has more authentic Indian spices than I can probably pronounce. Return chicken to pot and toss to coat. You can cook Butter Chicken using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Butter Chicken

It's 3 of diced chicken breasts.
Prepare 2 tsp of sweet paprika.
You need 2 tsp of ground cumin.
It's 1 tsp of chilli powder.
You need 100 g of plain yoghurt.
It's 1 of lemon.
It's 2 of onions.
You need 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
It's 4 of garlic cloves.
It's 1 of green chilli.
You need of Thumb size ginger.
You need 1 tsp of garam masala.
It's 2 tsp of fenugreek.
You need 3 tbsp of tomato purée.
Prepare 200 ml of chicken stock.
It's of Naan bread or rice to serve.

It's a creamy and perfectly spiced Indian curry recipe with tender. Succulent marinated chicken steeped in a rich and creamy tomato sauce. Make a better version of this Indian favorite with a few easy tricks. It's simplified and cooked all in one pan and goes great with a side of rice or naan!

Butter Chicken instructions

Mix paprika, cumin, lemon juice, chilli powder and yoghurt, marinade the chicken for a couple of hours or overnight.
Heat the oil in a pan and add onion, green chilli, ginger until soft, then add spices and tomato purée and cook for a few more minutes.
Add stock and marinated chicken and bring to boil then simmer at a low heat for an hour.
Serve with coriander and rice or a naan or both!.

Ever since moving to Alexandria, Virginia we've been. This easy to make meal features tender cubes of chicken cooked in a mildly spiced curry. After a long day at work, picking up takeout on the way home.