butter_chicken
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Butter Chicken
- 1 tablespoon ginger grated
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon tumeric
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt or to taste
- ¼ cup chicken broth
- 14 ounces crushed tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Marinate chicken in the marinade, 30 min or overnight.
- Remove chicken from marinade allowing excess to drip off. Brown chicken in 1 tablespoon olive oil or vegetable oil until browned on both sides, about 6 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Melt butter over medium heat, cook onions until tender. Add spices and cook 1 minute or until fragrant.
- Add chicken stock, browned chicken, crushed tomatoes and sugar. Simmer 10 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add cream and cook an additional 5-10 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick.
- Top with cilantro and serve over rice.
| Ingredient | Qty. | unit | Process |
|---|---|---|---|
| lemon juice | 2 | tbsp. | Marinade - Combine all ingredients in bowl |
| garam masala | 2 | tsp. | |
| cumin | 1 | tbsp. | |
| plain yogurt | 1 | cup | |
| chicken - whole | 1 | each | – Cut into pieces. – Place chicken and marinade in ziplock bag. – Refrigerate overnight. |
| olive oil | 1 | tbsp. | – Remove chicken from marinade allowing excess to drip off. – Brown chicken in olive oil until browned on both sides, about 6 minutes. – Remove from pan and set aside. |
| onion | 1 | each | – Dice |
| butter | 3 | tbsp. | – Melt butter over medium heat, cook onions until tender. |
| ginger grated | 1 | tbsp. | – Add spices and cook 1 minute or until fragrant. |
| garlic minced | 5 | each | |
| cumin | 1 | tsp. | |
| garam masala | 1 | tsp. | |
| coriander | 1/2 | tsp. | |
| chili powder | 1/2 | tsp. | |
| turmeric | 1 | tsp. | |
| cinnamon stick | 3/4 | each | |
| kosher salt | 1/4 | tsp. | |
| chicken broth | 1 | cup |
– Simmer for 15 minutes.|
| crushed tomatoes | 14 | oz. | |
| sugar | 1 | tsp. | |
| heavy cream | 1 | cup | – Add cream and cook an additional 5-10 minutes. |
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