Takeaways at home: Butter chicken
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 60g butter
- 750g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, quartered
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garam masala (see tip)
- ¼ teaspoon chilli powder
- 1 cup tomato puree
- ½ cup thickened cream
- 1/3 cup thick natural yoghurt
- ¼ cup toasted flaked almonds, coriander leaves, rice, warm roti, to serve
Preparation method
- Heat oil and half the butter in a large, heavy-based saucepan on high. Cook chicken in 3 batches, for 3-4 minutes each, until browned. Transfer to a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium and add remaining butter. Sauté onion, ginger and garlic for 1-2 minutes. Add coriander, cumin, garam masala and chilli powder and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds, until fragrant. Blend in tomato puree and season to taste. Simmer for 4-5 minutes, until slightly reduced. Turn heat to low.
- Return chicken to saucepan with cream and yoghurt. Simmer for 10-15 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Ladle into bowls, sprinkle with almonds and coriander. Serve with rice and roti.
Top tip- If liked, use a store-bought butter chicken flavour base and omit the spices.
- Garam masala is a combination of dried spices, usually including coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, cardamom seeds, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and grated nutmeg.
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