Authentic Butter Chicken Recipe

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Welcome to Mom's kitchen recipe network and today I bring to you one of my

favorite chicken curries, the butter chicken recipe. This curry is one of those

gems that we end up ordering in a restaurant

Where Does Butter Chicken Originate From?

Around the mid 1900’s, Kundan Lal Gurjal’s Punjabi Indian restaurant gained popularity

for his Tandoori chicken. To meet the ever increasing demand huge quantities of

Tandoori chicken had to be cooked everyday, this gave rise to a lot of leftover chicken.
Why is it Called Butter Chicken?
Gujral realised that dry pieces of leftover Tandoori chicken could go bad easily,

especially because of the lack of refrigeration, so he decided to soften the dry Tandoori

chicken using butter, cream and tomato gravy. The rest is history.

Who First Made Butter chicken?

Today, butter chicken is one of the most popular Indian dishes across the globe. Hat’s

off to the Punjabi legend Kundanlal Gujral.

What Can I Use Instead of Cream In Butter Chicken Curry?

You don’t add the cream until just before you serve so you can substitute cream for

yogurt or sour cream​.

There are a number of alternatives you can use for your butter and all of them will add

to the flavor, but in the end it’s up to you which tastes better, ​butter or it’s substitute.

Using ingredients like ​Yogurt or coconut milk​ will still help the butter chicken dish hold

it’s flavor but in the end there is no substitute for butter to give you a rich creamy sauce.

If you are one of those people who is looking to cut down on the calories then you might

consider using a low fat or even dairy free butter and even a dairy free coffee cream

which will give you the richness you want from a butter chicken curry.

For those who want to make this dish Parve or ​non-dairy​, substitute the butter with

butter flavored margarine and use non-dairy coffee cream​ instead of fresh cream.
Why Is Butter Chicken Sweet?
In our recipe we use a little sugar just to sweeten up the dish, but you can remove the

sugar or reduce the sugar if it is a little too sweet.

I like to add ​mango chutney​ as an alternative to sugar but it does depends on how

much of a sweet tooth you have.

How Many Calories is in Butter Chicken?

Serving Calories Carbs Fat Protein

1oz 64 1g 4g 4g

6oz 384 8g 29g 24g

Data: ​https://www.myfitnesspal.com/

Which Wine Goes Well With Butter Chicken?

I would recommend with chicken based dishes a white-wine, something that could really

stand up to all the aromas and flavors and intensities of the spice. I would probably go

​ lsace​ Gewurztraminer​, either Riesling or a Pinot Blanc.

towards the A

They are known to be very floral and quite aromatic and they kind of match the intensity

of the dish. On the palate it has a kind of rose, turkish delights, some spice and it has

more of a medium body too.

I could really see this standing up to more of the spicy dishes that people go for in

Indian restaurants.

Step by Step Video Instructions

Butter Chicken Ingredients Step by Step Procedure

There are only two components to this recipe, one is the butter chicken, which is the

chicken we will marinate and the second is the gravy.

The dish is Murgh Makhani. Murgh means chicken and Makhani means butter. It’s full of

flavour, It’s decadent and it’s sweet, sour, spicy, hot, and tangy.

Let’s begin with the chicken.

I personally prefer chicken thighs because I think it’s a more succulent cut of meat and I

also find it’s still quite moist when you add it to the gravy. Some people prefer using

chicken legs and leave it on the bone but I prefer thighs.

To create the marinade add to a bowl 300grams of our chicken thighs together with a

little bit of garlic paste, ginger paste, red chilli powder and salt.

Using a spoon, turn the chicken over to mix in the spices, set aside and cover to

marinate the chicken pieces for about 15-20 minutes.

After about fifteen minutes the chicken should be ready to fry. Take a large skillet, add

some oil and heat until the oil is hot enough to gently fry the chicken.
Fry the chicken until it is a light brown and fully cooked through. Once they are cooked,

transfer them to a clean glass bowl, we are now ready to make the sauce.

One of the reasons I like this dish is because it is one of those dishes that can be

cooked in one pot so it is super simple.

What is Butter Chicken Sauce Made of?

Next take your onion and finely chop. Add a little more oil to your skillet and add the

onions, and since it’s butter chicken we’re going to add in a spoonful of butter.

Does Butter Chicken Contain Cashews?

Sightly sweat the onions until they are soft then add in the roughly cut tomatoes, along

with the tomatoes add in some cashew nuts. Once this is evenly mixed add in some

water and the garlic paste.

Next goes in some salt, malt vinegar, some sugar, garam masala powder and some red

chilli powder.

Mix the ingredients evenly and let the mixture simmer for at least 15 to 20 minutes, or

until it all becomes nice and mushy so that we can then run it into a mixer of fine paste.

Once the mixture has become nice and soft turn the flame off and transfer it into

another container. This container is where you’re going to use a hand blender to turn it

into a fine puree.

Once the mixture has been ground into a soft pure strain the mixture back into the skillet

ready to add in your chicken thighs.

Butter chicken is also called chicken Makini, and McNiff which means in English velvety

smooth, so when you are straining the mixture through the sieve make sure that what

goes into the skillet is nice and smooth.

Make sure you press as much as you can through the sieve so that there is minimal

wastage, all you should have left in the sieve is the seeds and the skin of the tomatoes.

How To Make Butter Chicken Sauce Thicker

If you prefer your sauce to be a little thicker just add a tablespoon of cornflour and mix

in some cold water until you have a thick paste. Gradually add the cornflour to the

sauce while in the skillet until it thickens to your taste. Add more if it doesn’t thicken up

enough for your taste the first time.

Your gravy will have cooled down so now is the time to heat it back up. Once the sauce

is bubbling away add in the butter, cream kasoori methi and the chicken.

First goes in the butter, next goes in some cream, next goes in the chicken and finally

the crushed kasoori methi.

Let this gravy simmer for five to seven minutes and here you have your butter chicken.

Once the sauce is hot transfer to a bowl ready to eat.

Before you eat, add in some fresh cream and some kasoori methi.

Serve with rice or naan bread.

Butter Chicken Ingredients

For the chicken
● 300 gms Chicken breast boneless
● 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
● 1 tbsp Red chili powder
● Salt to taste
● Oil to pan fry

For the gravy

● 500 gms roughly slit tomatoes
● 100 gms roughly cut onions
● 1 tbsp garlic paste
● 50 gms cashew
 ● 1 tsp kasoori methi
● 1/2 tsp garam masala
● 4 tbsp sugar
● 2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
● 5 tbsp butter
● 3 tbsp cream
● Salt to taste
● 2 tbsp malt vinegar / 1.5 tbsp White Vinegar

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Recommended Links:

Where Does Butter Chicken Originate From?

Why is it Called Butter Chicken?
Who First Made Butter chicken?
What Can I Use Instead of Cream In Butter Chicken Curry?
Butter Chicken Ingredients
Which Wine Goes Well With Butter Chicken?
Why Is Butter Chicken Sweet?
What Can I Use Instead of Cream In Butter Chicken Curry?
Butter Chicken Ingredients Step by Step Procedure
How To Make Butter Chicken Sauce Thicker
What is Butter Chicken Sauce Made of?
Does Butter Chicken Contain Cashews?
How many calories is in butter chicken?

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