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Indian
Indian & South Asian
Butter Chicken
by Chef Maria • @chefmaria
Indian indian & south asian favorite — Butter Chicken comes together with 6 ingredients in about 60 minutes.
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Serves
2
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
- 2 lbchicken thighs
- 1 cuptomato puree
- 0.5 cupheavy cream
- 3 tbspbutter
- 2 tbspgaram masala
- 1 tbspginger garlic paste
Instructions
- 1
Brown the chicken thighs in a heavy pot over medium-high heat in batches, then set aside.
- 2
Cook tomato puree and heavy cream in the same pot until softened and fragrant.
- 3
Return the chicken thighs, add the liquid, and scrape up every browned bit from the bottom.
- 4
Simmer partly covered on low, 35-45 minutes, until everything is tender and the sauce has body.
- 5
Taste and adjust salt and acid at the end — that's what makes Butter Chicken taste finished.