Indian Butter Chicken (Without the Butter)
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- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 500 g chicken breasts (or chicken thighs or a mix of both)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted cashews
- 1⁄2 cup plain 1% yogurt
- 1⁄2 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1 piece gingerroot, fresh (walnut size)
- 2 plum tomatoes, chopped
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste (if you want a thicker sauce, can be omitted)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1⁄8 teaspoon clove
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter (for browning of chicken)
directions
- Can be made on stove top or in oven (if using oven preheat oven to 325°F.
- Chop chicken pieces into bite size pieces or slightly larger, according to preference.
- In a large bowl mix chicken with onion, oil, cumin, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- To make the sauce, combine all ingredients from the cashews up to and including black pepper. Process until pureed using a blender, hand blender or a food processor.
- Melt butter in large heatproof (if cooking in oven) casserole pot.
- Brown chicken and onions turning to brown all sides well.
- Add cashew sauce to pot.
- Cover tightly and bake in oven (or cook on stovetop) for 40 minute.
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Reviews
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I made this last night for dinner when neighbors joined us. None of us has ever had Butter Chicken so we had nothing to compare it to. There were four of us and reviews went from 3 to 5 so I gave the recipe and average of 4. This was easy enough for me to cook while visiting with everyone in the kitchen and there was a lot of surprise when the cashews came out. It was served with brown rice, a green salad and ginger iced tea. I'll make this again! P.S. No tomato paste in mine.
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Very good. I didn't have ground cardoman so used garam masala and tossed in a few whole green cardomons to the pot. I omitted the tomato paste since I find it often overpowers or lessen the spice flavour. We like our butter chicken a bit spicier so next time I will add some green chilis to the mix. Easy to put together . Served with basmati rice Made for 1,2,3 Hit Wonders
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Deantini
Canada