Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken

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Butter Chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Butter Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life.

Butter chicken or murg makhani (pronounced [mʊrg ˈmək.kʰə.niː]) is a dish of chicken in a spiced tomato, butter and cream sauce. It originated in the Indian subcontinent. Learn how to make Butter Chicken, a heavenly chicken gravy recipe by Chef Varun Inamdar.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have butter chicken using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:
  1. Prepare marinade and chicken
  2. Get 1 pound chicken breast cut in 2 inch pieces
  3. Take 1/4 tsp tumeric powder
  4. Get 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp paprika
  6. Take 1/2 tsp coriander
  7. Make ready 3/4 tsp cumin
  8. Get 1 Tbs oil
  9. Get pinch black pepper
  10. Get to taste salt
  11. Take 1 tsp minced ginger
  12. Get 1 tsp minced garlic
  13. Take sauce
  14. Make ready 1 Tbs butter
  15. Get 1/2 C heavy cream
  16. Prepare 1/2 C milk
  17. Get 1/2 C crushed tomatoes
  18. Prepare 3/4 cup water
  19. Take 1/4 tsp salt
  20. Take 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  21. Get 1 Tbs sugar
  22. Get 1/4 tsp fenugreek leaves

No one will believe it's not take-out! Butter chicken is an Indian dish that originated in Delhi. Small pieces of chicken are marinated with spices, ginger, and garlic. They then get cooked until tender in a creamy, mildly spiced.

Steps to make Butter Chicken:
  1. Wash and dry the chicken, then mix marinade spices with the chicken and put in the fridge for 45 minutes.
  2. In a saucepan combine all sauce ingredients. Cook on low heat for 45 minutes until sauce gets thick and butter separates, then set aside
  3. Bake the chicken on a tray in an oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until chicken is tender and cooked.
  4. Reheat the butter sauce on medium heat and add additional 1/2 cup of milk.
  5. When the sauce comes to a boil add chicken and cook 10 minutes longer.
  6. Serve with basmati rice and naan bread.

Butter chicken was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken. Butter chicken originated from using leftover dry tandoori chicken and giving it moisture with a creamy spiced tomato sauce — plus some butter, and we have butter chicken. Butter Chicken is one of my top five favorite Indian recipes. This means you now have the lovely buttery tomato-ey sauce ready for the next time you have chicken leftover. Share this with your friends via There is a very good reason why butter chicken is one of the most loved Indian dishes: it's pretty darn delicious.

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