Dish of butter chicken curry

Butter chicken

Name: Butter chicken
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500g skinless chicken breasts cut into chunks; 1 tsp ground turmeric; a thumb-sized piece ginger peeled and grated; 2 cloves garlic crushed; ½ lemon juiced; 35g butter; 1 large onion thinly sliced; 3 tbsp makhani or other curry paste; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 2 tbsp ground almonds; 175ml full-fat natural yogurt; 150ml chicken stock; coriander a handful of leaves; basmati rice to serve

Janine Ratcliffe

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 45 mins

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Make this easy butter chicken using whatever curry paste you have. It’s the combo of butter, almonds and yogurt that magically creates such a creamy sauce

Low calorie

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Try this butter chicken curry and serve with our pilau rice or naan bread. Also check out our slow cooker butter chicken, chicken korma, chicken biryani, chicken tikka masala, paneer biryani and more chicken curry recipes.

Ingredients

Nutrition

500g skinless chicken breasts

cut into chunks
1 tsp ground turmeric
a thumb-sized piece ginger

peeled and grated
2 cloves garlic

crushed
½ lemon

juiced
35g butter
1 large onion

thinly sliced
3 tbsp makhani or other curry paste
1 tbsp tomato purée
2 tbsp ground almonds
175ml full-fat natural yogurt
150ml chicken stock
coriander

a handful of leaves
basmati rice

to serve

Nutrition: per serving

kcal346

low
fat16.6g
saturates6.2g
carbs10.7g
sugars8.6g
fibre2.7g
protein37.1g
salt1.58g

Method

step 1

Toss the chicken with the turmeric, ginger, garlic, lemon juice and ½ tsp salt. Heat the butter in a large wide pan then cook the onion for 10 minutes until softened and starting to turn golden. Add the curry paste and tomato purée and cook for 3 minutes. Add the chicken and cook until opaque.
step 2

Mix the almonds and yogurt in a bowl then stir into the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the stock and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Scatter over the coriander and serve with basmati rice.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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