Butter Chicken is probably one of the most popular Indian chicken. Is Butter Chicken Truly Authentically Indian? The story goes that the owner of Moti Mahal restaurant Murgh = chicken, Makhani = buttery.

Ingredients of Butter chicken

It's 2 of chicken breasts 🐓.
Prepare 1 tbsp of garlic paste 🧄.
It's 1 tbsp of ginger paste 👨🏻‍🦰.
You need 1 of heaped tsp of paprika.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt 🧂.
You need of Sauce.
You need 1 of onion 🧅.
You need 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 🍅.
Prepare Handful of cashew nuts 🥜.
You need 1 tbsp of garam masala.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of fenugreek.
You need 1 tbsp of sugar.
It's 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
Prepare 1 tbsp of butter 🧈.
Prepare 1 tbsp of cream.
You need of Oil.
It's of Malt vinegar.
It's of Cream.
It's of Water 💧.

Butter chicken instructions

Chop the chicken into chunks.
Add the garlic, ginger, paprika and a touch of salt. Marinate and leave for 15 mins..
Add oil to a pan and cook the chicken. Once cooked, transfer the chicken into a bowl for later..
To make the sauce finely chop the onion and add to a pan. Add oil and tsp of butter. Lightly sweat the onions..
Add the chopped tomatoes and cashew nuts. Once mixed add water, malt vinegar, sugar, garam masala and red chilli powder..
Lightly simmer for 15 mins..
Pour the sauce into a blender.
Transfer the sauce into a pan using a sieve as the sauce needs to be smooth..
Mix in the butter and cream. Also add the chicken and fenugreek. Let it simmer through.
Plate up with rice 🍚 and add a touch of cream to finesse..

Chicken Makhani is one of my favorite Indian dishes. It is a full flavored dish that complements the chicken well. All Reviews for Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter 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 was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken.

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