Well, no food, if consumed in moderation and within the daily calorie requirement. In Today's episode we make delicious, fragrant Indian Butter Chicken, using the Tandoori Chicken we baked yesterday. The full printable recipe is on our.

Ingredients of Fragrant Indian butter chicken (293 calories)

  1. You need 2 tbsp of butter.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of chopped onions.
  3. It's 2 tsp of minced garlic.
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp of grated gingerroot.
  5. It's 1 tsp of chili powder.
  6. You need 1/2 tsp of ground turmeric.
  7. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  8. Prepare 1 can of (19 oz/540 mL) diced tomatoes, undrained.
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar.
  11. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
  12. You need 1/4 tsp of freshly ground black pepper.
  13. Prepare 1 of wholecooked rotisserie chicken, skin removed and meat cut up into large chunks.
  14. It's 1/3 cup of light (5%) cream.
  15. Prepare 3/4 cup of light sour cream or plain yogurt.
  16. Prepare 1 tbsp of minced fresh cilantro.
  17. You need 1 of hot cooked basmati rice (optional).

Fragrant Indian butter chicken (293 calories) instructions

  1. Melt butter in a deep skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic. Cook slowly, stirring often, until onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Add gingerroot, chili powder, turmeric and cinnamon. Cook 1 moreminute. Add undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally..
  2. Add cut-up chicken, cream and sour cream. Simmer uncovered for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro. Serve over hotbasmati rice if desired..

Add the paprika and stir this until totally combined. This lightened up version of Indian Butter Chicken is full of flavor and can be made in the comfort of your own home. In addition to these calorie trimming tricks, subbing our partner for this post, Brummel & Brown Organic Buttery Yogurt Spread for butter can be a healthier and tasty alternative. So back to the butter chicken-it's real food, it's real food-and it's really that perfect "Indian food". It's not like in-your-face saag paneer or in-your-face chicken tikka; it's a bit more vague than that.

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