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Butter Chicken
This homemade Butter Chicken recipe is rich, creamy, mild, and full of warm spices. Perfect for an easy weeknight dinner for the whole family!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 35m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Marsha McDougal📖 budgetbytes
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Mix
2
Cut the chicken breasts up into small ½ inch pieces. Then, in a large bowl, combine the marinade ingredients (Greek yogurt, lemon juice, grated ginger, garlic, garam masala, smoked paprika, turmeric, and salt). Mix the marinade ingredients together until well combined.
lemon juice ($0.58)1 Tbspfresh ginger (grated, $0.10)1 tspgaram masala ($0.20)2 tsp
3
Marinate
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Add the cut chicken pieces to the marinade and mix, making sure all of the chicken is coated evenly. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least ⏱️ 1 hour or overnight. Remove the marinated chicken from the refrigerator ⏱️ 10 minutes before you are ready to cook.
5
Cook
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Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat and add the cooking oil. Add the chicken and cook until lightly browned on all sides and cooked through. It may be difficult to see the brown color due to the marinade, but it should only take approximately ⏱️ 8-10 minutes to cook the chicken on all sides.
cooking oil ($0.08)2 Tbsp
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Cover
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Once the chicken is fully cooked, remove it from the skillet to a separate plate. Cover with foil and set aside.
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Sauté
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Reduce the heat to medium, then in the same skillet, add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add the diced onion. Sauté the onion for about ⏱️ 4 minutes.
butter ($0.37)3 Tbsp
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Cook
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Now add in the minced garlic, grated ginger, and the rest of the spices (garam masala, ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt, and turmeric powder). Stir together and cook for ⏱️ 1 minute.
fresh ginger (grated, $0.10)1 tspgaram masala ($0.20)2 tsp
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Simmer
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Next, add in the tomato sauce and water. Stir and reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer the sauce for ⏱️ 7-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Stir
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Once the tomato sauce has simmered, add the room temperature heavy cream to the sauce and stir to combine.
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Serve
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Add the cooked chicken back to the skillet and stir to combine with the sauce. Simmer the sauce and chicken for ⏱️ 2-3 minutes. Finally, garnish with chopped cilantro, serve hot with cooked rice or naan bread (all optional), and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
468 kcal
fat Content
28 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sodium Content
1515 mg
protein Content
42 g
carbohydrate Content
13 g
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