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This Easy Butter Chicken recipe is absolutely divine. The flavours are deep, buttery and quite frankly to die for. It is always a huge crowd pleaser and just perfect for easy entertaining. It is one of my absolute faves.

butter chicken and rice in a bowl

Butter Chicken

This beautiful, warming curry is one of my absolute favourites. I make it as a family curry and as a dinner party meal. It always has rave reviews. This is the butter chicken recipe that I make on a Saturday morning and reheat along with Garlic Naan Breads when I am feeling a Fakeaway vibe.

It is deep but moreish and tastes as if the flavours and spices have been developing for a week. There is no need to marinate just bring it all together and simmer.

 It is both simple and delicious and perfect for a family meal or a gathering of friends. I always tend to make it ahead and reheat just beforehand and, as is usually the case, it is a whole load of better for it.

I make mine with chicken fillets or chicken breasts but I know it is advised to use the darker meat for optimum flavour but it does nothing for me. I am a breast girl always. Feel free though to use chicken thighs.

It is also a great leftover chicken recipe. Winner Winner….

 Butter Chicken Curry Recipe

This Butter Chicken really is super delicious but I have found it must be spiced carefully. Too much and the incredible flavour of the butter can be lost.

I am a complete wimp where heat is concerned so I add chilli conservatively here. I serve it with Basmati rice and home made Naan-recipe to follow. God it is absolutely and incredibly lush.

  • Firstly brown the chicken pieces and set aside. You are simply wanting a little colour from the browning. It helps with the flavour.
  • Next soften the onion and garlic in the same pan and add the spices to the oniony mix. Fry these off for a few minutes before adding your passata and simmering away for a further 5 minutes.
  • Add the cream and yoghurt, put the chicken back in and simmer again for another 15 minutes. Add the remaining butter and you are ready to serve. It’s that simple.
  • If you want to serve at another time allow it to cool and then refrigerate until required. Heat through until piping hot. I actually think that it is almost better for standing a day or so.
  • I have made it with left over chicken usually from a roast chicken. I make the sauce from start to finish and then add the chicken pieces and heat through until piping hot.

It is extremely simple to make and fabulous as dinner party food or a fakeaway at the weekend. Every one I have ever served it to just swoons. I quite often make it ahead a day or so. It is exactly the sort of sensational food I love to cook.

butter chicken simmering in a pan

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Perfect with this are my Homemade Garlic Naans.

naan breads piled together on a wire rack

Easy Butter Chicken.
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Easy Butter Chicken

This easy Butter Chicken recipe delivers a sensational curry every time. It is a warmly spiced, mellow curry with a divine, buttery an deep tomato sauce. Served with Basmati rice and home made Naan it is the dogs.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Keyword butter chicken
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 606 kcal
Author Apply To Face Blog

Ingredients

  • 1 kg mini chicken fillets or fillets
  • 500 mls tomato passata.
  • 1 tbsp garam marsala
  • 1/2 tsp mild chilli powder add more to suit
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 3 medium garlic cloves
  • 1 medium onion
  • 150 mls double cream
  • 150 mls natural yoghurt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 100 gms butter
  • 2 tbsps olive oil
Metric - U S Customary

Instructions

  1. Brown all the chicken pieces in a very large saucepan, I used a large casserole pan, in a couple of tbsps of butter and a splosh of  oil. Best to do so in batches and set aside. It does not matter that it isn't cooked through as it's just the colour we are after.

  2. Blitz the onion and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped. In the frying pan that you browned the chicken in melt 2 more tbsps of butter and another splosh of oil. Add the blitzed onion and garlic and simmer gently until soft.

  3. Add 1 tbsp of garam masala, ½ tsp mild chilli powder, ½ cayenne pepper and cook through for a couple of mins.

  4. Pour in the passata and bring to a gentle simmer. Add 150 mls double cream and 150 grams of yoghurt and mix well. Add 1 rounded tsp sugar. Add the chicken pieces and simmer gently for fifteen minutes. Finally add the remaining butter and gently stir through.

  5. Season carefully to taste.

  6. Apply to buttery Face

Recipe Notes

This recipe feeds 6 but if you were doing it for 8 just add another 300g of chicken in as the sauce is bountiful enough already for 8.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Butter Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 606 Calories from Fat 414
% Daily Value*
Fat 46g71%
Saturated Fat 17g106%
Cholesterol 184mg61%
Sodium 272mg12%
Potassium 692mg20%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 35g70%
Vitamin A 1090IU22%
Vitamin C 12.6mg15%
Calcium 128mg13%
Iron 3.3mg18%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

    • applytofaceblog

      Thanks Jo!One of my faves-especially for entertaining as I make it the day before-anything to ease the stress ??

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  4. Daniel27

    Come on M & S stop buggering it up !! And I refuse to be believe I’m a fat ageing friend ??? great read and recipie along with bread being sereed at chez Morgan this weekend ?

    Reply

    • applytofaceblog

      Thanks Jacqui.It’s good to know I’m not alone.It just kills all flavour for me.Such a shame to miss the butter!!

      Reply

  9. Corina Blum

    This sounds like a really rich and indulgent curry – perfect for those days when you need a little comfort food after one of those shopping trips! Thanks so much for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice

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  10. hijackedbytwins

    We all love butter chicken but I will admit I do cheat with a sauce kit. I must try this recipe! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

    Reply

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