Butter Chicken

12 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 500 grams chicken breasts skinless, boneless
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 each onions finely chopped
  • 2 each garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ginger grated
  • 200 millilitres cream
  • 150 millilitres tomato puree (passata)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1 tablespoon balti masala paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Pre heat oven to 190 deg cup (375F) Fry the onions, garlic and ginger in 1 tablespoon of butter until the onions are caramelised over meduim heat.
  2. 2
    Add the garam masala and cayenne pepper and fry for 1 more minute Add the rest of the butter and let it melt.
  3. 3
    Add the tomato puree, cream, salt and pepper.
  4. 4
    As soon as it starts to boil, reduce the heat so that the sauce will simmer.
  5. 5
    Cover and leave to simmer for 20 min.
  6. 6
    Cut the chicken breasts into cubes of app.
  7. 7
    25mm pieces, cover with olive oil and the balti masala paste and bake in the pre heated oven until cooked.
  8. 8
    (App 15 min.)
  9. 9
    Add the chicken to the sauce and simmer for 2 min.
  10. 10
    serve with Basmati rice.

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