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Butter Chicken (Indian Dish)
The finished product. Butter Chicken nicely placed on a bed of rice. photo by Peter_24601 Give a medal for this photo Add photo

Butter Chicken (Indian Dish)

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An elegant indian dish that is very mild for those who are not into spicy foods. Very good dish to introduce those to this particular cuisine.

 "Very good meal. As described, it's not very spicy. Next time, I'll add more chili powder. Still very delicious. Also, I used basmati rice, which I think made the dish slightly more authentic." - ahunter5

Yield: 4 Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: IndianMain Ingredient: Chicken

(3.2, 4) 50% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
2 chicken breasts; cut into chunks
2 tbspVegetable oil
2 tbspButter
1 Onion; chopped
1/4 tspcinnamon
1 tspGarlic; crushed
1 tspginger; crushed
1/2 tspground turmeric
1 tspchilli powder
2 tbspground almonds
220 canwhole peeled tomatoes
1 tbsptomato paste
1 tbspnatural yogurt
2 tbspfresh coriander or spinach; chopped
salt & Pepper

Butter Chicken (Indian Dish) Preparation

Step 1: Using a large frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and add the chicken.

Step 2: Fry until chicken is cooked to your liking.

Step 3: Take the chicken out of the frying pan and put it aside.

Step 4: In the same pan, melt the butter and then fry the onion with the cinnamon.

Step 5: Add the remaining ingredients: crushed garlic, crushed ginger, turmeric, chilli powder, almonds, peeled tomatoes, tomato paste and the natural yoghurt. Stir all of the ingredients together and mix thoroughly.

Step 6: Place the chicken back into the pan and combine with the other ingredients.

Step 7: To compliment the dish, add the coriander and mix with the sauce.

Step 8: Serve ontop of a bed of rice, and enjoy!

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  • The finished product. Butter Chicken nicely placed on a bed of rice. photo by Peter_24601 Peter_24601

    • Calories Per Serving: 259
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    Butter Chicken (Indian Dish) Reviews

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    4 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 14 hours, 49 minutes ago
    It didn't taste great. Not enough flavour. I thought the spices would make the tomato base taste a little less like tomatoes from a can but alas, it was not very good.
    3 years, 2 months, 4 weeks, 15 hours, 4 minutes ago
    Very good meal. As described, it's not very spicy. Next time, I'll add more chili powder. Still very delicious. Also, I used basmati rice, which I think made the dish slightly more authentic.
    4 years, 3 weeks, 1 days, 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
    [I posted this recipe.]
    4 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 3 hours, 53 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. Indian
    2. Spicy (Hot)
    3. Winter
    4. Dinner
    5. Indian
    6. Chicken
    7. main dish
    8. sweet
    9. spicy

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