Butter Chicken


Ingredients

  • 500g chicken (breast or thigh fillet)
  • 1 tbl sp butter chicken paste
  • 2 tbl sp lemon juice
  • 2 tbl spoon oil
  • 1/4 onion (thinly sliced)
  • 2 cardamom cloves (cinnamon stick)
  • 1 tbl sp crushed garlic + ginger
  • 1/4 tin tomato (crushed)
  • Thicken cream (600ml)
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar to taste

Instructions

  1. Marinate chicken with 1 tsp tandoori paste and 1 tbl sp butter chicken paste
  2. Add 2 tbl sp lemon juice and let sit for 25 min
  3. Heat 2 tbl spoon oil in pan
  4. Slice 1/4 onion (thin slices)
  5. Add ~2 cardamom cloves cinnamon stick
  6. Brown the onion & spices together medium heat
  7. Add 1 tbl sp crushed garlic + ginger
  8. Add marinated chicken (small pieces)
  9. Cook medium heat until all the liquid from the chicken dries up (~10min)
  10. Add 1/4 tin tomato (crushed) to the chicken
  11. Cook on medium heat for 5 mins
  12. Add thicken cream (600ml) and salt to taste
  13. Add more butter chicken paste ~2 tbl sp (to taste)
  14. Add sugar to taste
  15. Cook for ~2 mins on medium heat