Ingredients
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Butter chicken
- 25 grams Butter
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- .5 teaspoon ground ginger
- .5 teaspoon cinnamon
- .5 teaspoon salt
- .5 teaspoon turmeric
- .25 teaspoon garam masala
- .5 teaspoon chilli
- 400 grams chicken, cubed
- 100 grams tomato paste
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 2 teaspoons cornflour, for thickening.
Recipe's preparation
Mix the spices together and add chicken meat and set aside.
Chop onion and garlic for 5 seconds speed 7.
Melt butter and saute onion and garlic for 2 mins at 100C speed 1.
Add chicken and saute for 5 mins, 100C speed soft, REVERSE.
Add tomato paste and evaporated milk with cornflour and simmer gently for 5 mins, 90C speed 1 REVERSE.
Serve with rice and steamed veggies.
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You can cook rice first while steaming veggies (or even the chicken if you wish) in the varoma, then keep it warm in the thermoserver while cooking the butter chicken.
Or do the reverse... cook the butter chicken first then steam the rice and veggies. Either way works as long as you have a thermoserver!
This recipe is very flexible - you can cut down on the tomato paste or boost it to your taste.
You can use a longlife cream 250ml plus 1/2 cup of water if you feel like a more decadent experience...
And my best trick to extend it is to use less meat and cube pumpkin or potato very small, or even easier is to include a tin of chickpeas in the last step. Extends the recipe beautifully for very little effort.
Butter chicken
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Comments
Add a commentWe all loved this. I would half the chilli powder...
We all loved this. I would half the chilli powder next time, a little spicy for the kids.
A favourite in our household. I love that it's...
A favourite in our household. I love that it's quicker to make than a lot of other tmx curry recipes, but still full of flavour.
Love this! It really is very
Love this! It really is very quick. I just left out the chilli powder the second time, as it was a little too hot for my girls.
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Butter chicken FAST! - I
Butter chicken FAST! - I loved it but it was more a chicken curry than a butter chicken. Replaced the chilli powder with curry powder. I reduced the tomato paste to 55ml and replaced the evaporated milk to 310ml coconut cream and chicken stock (90ml) up to 400ml in total. Only had about 320g of chicken and added one more teaspoon of cornflour at the end after it was cooked. Delish!!!
Yummm Took on board some of
Yummm Took on board some of the comments about changing the chilli for curry and added coconut cream in place of condensed milk. Awesome meal for the whole family!!!
We've had this meal sooo many
We've had this meal sooo many times in our house and it never gets old. We recently changed it up and replaced the chicken with cubed haloumi cheese instead. It cuts the cooking time in half and cuts down our meat consumption. Just cube the haloumi cheese, heat for a few minutes in a frying pan and then add straight to the sauce once its cooked
So fast & yummy
So fast & yummy
Fast, easy and yummy!
Fast, easy and yummy!
Just so FAST and tastes
Just so FAST and tastes amazing
Deliciousand simple for a
Deliciousand simple for a novice like me....thank you
Made a few little changes but
Made a few little changes but really enjoyed it. I did the following
omitted the onion
doubled the spices, quadrupled the garam marsala (to 2tspns)
instead of evap milk I used coconut cream and water (420g in total)
Yum!! Will be making again!
Very nice dish - a bit too
Very nice dish - a bit too spicy for the kids, but hubby and I loved it. I added coconut cream instead evaporated milk - thanks for sharing something so quick and easy.
I loved this recipe it was so
I loved this recipe it was so simple to make and so tasty. wahoo another family fav!
Delicious and easy! I only
Delicious and easy! I only out 1/2 the tomato paste and it was lovely. Thanks for the recipe
This was recommended by
This was recommended by friends and I enjoyed it It wasn't so much butter chicken as an easy chicken curry but had plenty of flavour. I used thickened cream instead of evaporated milk. Next time I'll try coconut milk to decide which I like best.
Thoroughly enjoyed this dish.
Thoroughly enjoyed this dish.
LOL - I made the same mistake
LOL - I made the same mistake and then spotted the "point" in front of each of the 5's.
Thumbs up for quick, easy and
Thumbs up for quick, easy and tasty. We all enjoyed it immensely. I too will try some of the variations mentioned, such as pumpkin and chickpeas. Based on now having read all of the above comments, next time I'll try it out on my 3yo as well.
Yum...all got eaten up
Yum...all got eaten up quickly. Kids loved it
Family favourite!! I use a
Family favourite!! I use a can of coconut cream in place of evaporated milk and cornflour. Perfect every time, I also add a bit extra garam masala and chilli powder for extra heat. More a yummy curry than butter chicken, thanks for a delicious recipe
Hi thrre, what size can of
Hi thrre, what size can of evaporated milk do you use?
Very yummy, not quite Indian
Very yummy, not quite Indian takeaway taste but still so delist! If my two year old son eats it it's a winner!
Not quite butter chicken bit
Not quite butter chicken bit bland for me but kids loved it!
easy but bland even with
easy but bland even with doubled spices. thanks anyway.
Really lovely and easy dish.
Really lovely and easy dish. Even my two fussy eaters loved this. I did substitute the milk for a smaller quantity of coconut cream and left out the chilli for my toddlers.
Nice!
Nice!
Fast and very easy dish. I
Fast and very easy dish. I swapped to coconut cream and doubled the spices and I still found it a bit bland, but my husband liked it. Like others here I cubed the chicken a bit bigger and used the soft spoon "Gentle stir setting" instead of speed 1 and I didn't have any issues with shredding and the chicken came out perfectly cooked. Will make again, but may add a few more spices to up the taste a bit.
a really lovely dish and
a really lovely dish and really easy. I used 270ml coconut milk can and only 50g of tomato paste. And used fresh turmeric as well. I steamed the rice in the basket with sweet potato cubed and broccoli in varoma while I cut the chicken up. Kids loved it with some papadums.
So like a few others, I made
So like a few others, I made the dish with the following amendments:
- Used thigh not breast
- Doubled all spices
- Used coconut milk not evaporated milkIt may have been my buggering with the recipe, but it did not taste at all like butter chicken - but it WAS absolutely delicious! I'll absolutely be cooking it again I've (re)labeled it in my collection as "Delicious Sweet Chicken Curry in a Hurry"!
Mine turned out more like a
Mine turned out more like a generic curry rather than butter chicken,,,, was still nive, but not the taste I was after (I LOVE my butter chicken). I also would cut the chicken much bigger next time as it shredded.
Made this for dinner last
Made this for dinner last night. DS doesn't like spicy food so used paprika instead of chilli. Loved by all and will become a regular on my meal plan. Thank you.
Did not enjoy this. I made
Did not enjoy this. I made this as per the recipe and found it very average, will not make again.
Yummy but definitely needs
Yummy but definitely needs extra spices. I used coconut milk and added half a tin of chickpeas and a sweet potato. I added the sweet potato at the final step but I really should have added it when I added the tomato paste etc. because although I cut it very small it still took much longer than 5 mins to cook.
Loved it! I had no evap
Loved it! I had no evap milk, so substituted buttermilk.
Add more..,, Definitely easy
Add more..,,
Definitely easy to make.
Highly recommend:
1. adding pumpkin and sweet potato to bring out the flavours. dice small and add early in the process to ensure cooked through
2. adding peas and chickpeas
3. Using coconut milk as well as cream
4. dicing chicken a little thicker so it doesn't shred
5. Icrease quantity of spices for sure
Outstanding...I could not
Outstanding...I could not believe it would be cooked in the time stated, but it was perfect. I needed to prepare a meal in a hurry, I had my hand in a jar of packaged sauce in the super market but just could not make myself buy it. Googled butter chicken and found this recipe, it took less time tto cook than the jar would have.
As per some of the suggestions I added sweet potato and used coconut milk. I also doubled the spices...bit warm for hubby but it was perfect for me. This recipe has gone straight to the top of my favourite list. I used chicke breast because that was what I had in the fridge, cut it a little bigger than suggested and had no shredding problems. I used the lowest possible speed on reverse.
thankyou for this great recipe. I love my thermi.
Very tasty, will become a
Very tasty, will become a favourite!
Really nice recipe, easy to
Really nice recipe, easy to make too. I also used the coconut milk (200mls) instead of evaporative milk. I added some peas too. Would like to add potato next time. Can anyone tell me what stage i should add it in? Thinking the same time as the chicken but does it cook through enough ? Did you cook the rice in the basket while the butter chicken was cooking or separately?
Really easy and tasty, thanks
Really easy and tasty, thanks
So easy and tasty - we just
So easy and tasty - we just reduced the tomato paste a little but stuck to the recipe otherwise and it was delicious! Chicken cooked beautifully
Did not enjoy this at all.
Did not enjoy this at all. The chicken was shredded and the taste of onion was overpowering
Great and easy recipe. I used
Great and easy recipe. I used coconut milk instead. I might add just a touch more of the spices next time. Also added peas and sweet potato. Yum.
Had a late start to dinner
Had a late start to dinner last night chose this recipe and within 30 minutes I had a great tasting butter chicken. Not too spicy for my 2 year old as well. Thanks
I was running late with
I was running late with dinner tonight and looked for something I could cook in a hurry. Not only was this meal very quick to get to the table, but tasted beautiful. This will definately be a regular from now on.
Thanks for sharing. Almond
Thanks for sharing. Almond milk also seems to work If no evaporated on hand.
Super quick - love it! I
Super quick - love it! I halved the tomato paste and used thickened cream (it needed to be used) and water and some pumpkin as suggested by others. It was probably a little bland for our tastes (my husband is anglo-indian!) so i'll probably double the spice content next time. Thanks for sharing
Wow this was delicious! I was
Wow this was delicious! I was a bit concerned with all ther spices going in that I wouldn't like it but it was perfect! Will definitely cook again
Nice and quick, made rice
Nice and quick, made rice while I was measuring spices and organising chicken, will cook for a few extra minutes next time as I thought I could taste the corn flour.
This was a fast, easy and
This was a fast, easy and tasty dish. I used 250ml thickened cream and 125ml water. I also added some mushrooms and capsicum. I will add more veges next time. Thanks for sharing.
this has become a regular
this has become a regular favourite in our house. So quick and easy - like a previous comment said, takes longer to mix the spices and cut the chicken than it does to cook. Dinner on the table in under 30 mins, including cooking the rice. Thanks so much