Steps to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Butter Chicken

Butter Chicken.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, butter chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Butter Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It's enjoyed by millions daily. Butter Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They're fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter chicken using 25 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:

1. {Make ready of For the chicken marinade:.
2. {Get of boneless and skinless chicken thighs or breasts cut into bite-sized pieces.
3. {Get of plain yoghurt.
4. {Get of minced garlic.
5. {Take of minced ginger (or finely grated).
6. {Get of garam masala.
7. {Prepare of turmeric.
8. {Prepare of ground cumin.
9. {Get of red chilli powder.
10. {Prepare of salt.
11. {Get of For the sauce:.
12. {Prepare of olive oil.
13. {Prepare of ghee (or 1 tbs butter + 1 tbs oil).
14. {Take of large onion, sliced or chopped.
15. {Get of garlic, minced.
16. {Make ready of ginger, minced or finely grated.
17. {Prepare of ground cumin.
18. {Prepare of garam masala.
19. {Take of ground coriander.
20. {Prepare of crushed tomatoes.
21. {Prepare of red chili powder (adjust to your taste preference).
22. {Take of salt (or to taste).
23. {Make ready of heavy or thickened cream (or evaporated milk to save calories).
24. {Get of sugar.
25. {Get of kasoori methi (or dried fenugreek leaves).

Instructions to make Butter Chicken:

1. In a bowl, combine chicken with all of the ingredients for the chicken marinade; let marinate for 30 minutes to an hour (or overnight if time allows)..
2. Heat oil in a large skillet or pot over medium-high heat. When sizzling, add chicken pieces in batches of two or three, making sure not to crowd the pan. Fry until browned for only 3 minutes on each side. Set aside and keep warm. (You will finish cooking the chicken in the sauce.).
3. Heat butter or ghee in the same pan. Fry the onions until they start to sweat (about 6 minutes) while scraping up any browned bits stuck on the bottom of the pan..
4. Add garlic and ginger and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant, then add ground coriander, cumin and garam masala. Let cook for about 20 seconds until fragrant, while stirring occasionally..
5. Add crushed tomatoes, chili powder and salt. Let simmer for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until sauce thickens and becomes a deep brown red color..
6. Remove from heat, scoop mixture into a blender and blend until smooth. You may need to add a couple tablespoons of water to help it blend (up to 1/4 cup). Work in batches depending on the size of your blender..
7. Pour the pureed sauce back into the pan. Stir the cream, sugar and crushed kasoori methi (or fenugreek leaves) through the sauce. Add the chicken with juices back into the pan and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes until chicken is cooked through and the sauce is thick and bubbling..
8. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with fresh, hot peas pulao and fresh homemade Naan!.
9. Please don't forget to tag @appetizing.adventure on Instagram with a picture if you try this recipe!.

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