Recipes
Butter Chicken
6 to 8 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 to 2.5 lb of boneless chicken thighs washed and cut into 2 inch pieces
- Spicytude Butter Chicken Spice Kit (spice bags #1 & #2)
- 2 tbsp of any cooking oil
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 tsp of garlic, minced or crushed or paste
- 2 tsp of ginger, minced or crushed or paste
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 2 cups of finely chopped onion
- 2 cups of diced tomatoes
- 1 cup of raw cashews
- 2 tsp of sugar
- ½ cup of chopped cilantro to garnish
Step 1. Marinate and Saute Chicken
- Add ginger paste, garlic paste and spice bag # 1. Let it marinate for at least 30 minutes or overnight in the fridge if possible.
- Put two tablespoons of oil and ¼ stick of butter into a heated pan over medium flame. Add chicken in batches to saute well. Cook chicken pieces for three minutes on each side and set aside in a separate bowl once cooked.
Step 2. Cook onion, tomatoes, cashews and blend
- Add two tablespoons of oil and ¼ stick of butter to the same heated pan and saute onion until golden brown. Add tomatoes, cashews, sugar and spice bag # 2.
- Once the tomatoes are cooked well, blend everything into a smooth paste. Strain this paste using a strainer to get a smoother paste (optional)
Step 3. Add chicken
- Return this paste into the same heated pan and add the sauteed chicken.Add ½ stick of butter and let cook for ten minutes on medium flame, turn down the flame to low.
- Add cream and mix well. Cook for another three minutes, turn off the stove and garnish with cilantro. Serve with your choice of rice or naan or any other bread.