How To Make Butter Chicken At Home | Restaurant Style Recipe
About this recipe
Butter Chicken is a beloved Indian dish that combines tender chicken in a rich, creamy tomato sauce. This recipe by Chef Varun Inamdar simplifies the process, making it easy to recreate restaurant-style butter chicken at home.
The beauty of this recipe lies in its one-pot approach, allowing you to cook the chicken and gravy in the same pan, which not only saves time but also enhances the flavors.
Ingredient notes
- For the gravy, you can substitute malt vinegar with 1.5 tbsp of white vinegar if needed.
Tips from Get Curried's video
- Marinate the chicken for 15-20 minutes to enhance its flavor before cooking.
- Using a hand blender to puree the tomato and onion mixture ensures a smooth and velvety sauce, which is essential for a good butter chicken.
- Strain the puree to minimize waste and achieve a silky texture in your gravy.
No life story here — the video and the recipe are the whole point. All credit to Get Curried: watch the original on YouTube.
The recipe
Ingredients
Steps
- 1
Marinate the chicken with ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, and salt. Let it sit for 15-20 minutes.
- 2
Heat some oil in a pan and fry the marinated chicken pieces until cooked. Transfer to a bowl.
- 3
In the same pan, add chopped onions and a spoonful of butter. Sweat the onions until soft.
- 4
Add roughly cut tomatoes and cashew nuts to the pan. Mix well.
- 5
Add some water, garlic paste, salt, malt vinegar, sugar, garam masala, and red chilli powder. Mix evenly and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes until mushy.
- 6
Turn off the flame and transfer the mixture to a container. Blend it into a fine puree using a hand blender.
- 7
Strain the puree back into the same pan, ensuring minimal wastage of solids.
- 8
Reheat the gravy and add butter, cream, kasoori methi, and the cooked chicken. Let it simmer for 5-7 minutes.
- 9
Garnish with cream and kasoori methi before serving.
Heads up — we had to guess a little:
- The quantity for oil is inferred as it is not specified in the caption or transcript.
Credit where it's due: this recipe was transcribed from Get Curried's original video on YouTube. Follow them there — it's their dish.
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