Butter Chicken
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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. 1

    Brown the chicken thighs in a heavy pot over medium-high heat in batches, then set aside.

  2. 2

    Cook tomato puree and heavy cream in the same pot until softened and fragrant.

  3. 3

    Return the chicken thighs, add the liquid, and scrape up every browned bit from the bottom.

  4. 4

    Simmer partly covered on low, 35-45 minutes, until everything is tender and the sauce has body.

  5. 5

    Taste and adjust salt and acid at the end — that's what makes Butter Chicken taste finished.

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