Butter Chicken

16 ingredients
13 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs chicken, skinned (or 1.5 lbs boneless chicken)
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 4 inches cinnamon sticks
  • 8 cloves
  • 8 cardamoms
  • 10 black peppercorns
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 14 lbs tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon white pepper (essential)
  • 1 ounce cream (optional but recommended)
  • 12 lb butter
  • fresh coriander (for garnishing)

Directions

  1. 1
    Make a smooth paste of yogurt, garlic, ginger, lime juice, cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, peppercorns and the oil.
  2. 2
    Marinate the chicken in this for 6 hours, in a fridge.
  3. 3
    Bake the chicken in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at 250 F (130 C).
  4. 4
    Put it aside.
  5. 5
    Cut tomatoes, put them in a pan (no water) and boil.
  6. 6
    When the quantity has dropped by half, strain through a fine sieve.
  7. 7
    What comes out of the sieve is the tomato sauce.
  8. 8
    Take a pan, start heating the sauce, add the butter.
  9. 9
    When the butter is melted, add the white pepper, salt, fenugreek leaves and cream.
  10. 10
    Cook for 2-3 minutes.
  11. 11
    Mix the chicken pieces into this sauce.
  12. 12
    Cover and cook on a low flame until the chicken is done.
  13. 13
    Garnish with fresh coriander and serve with rice.

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