Creamy Butter Chicken
Easy to make, delicious, creamy full of flavour chicken pieces cooked in butter, tomato sauce
Ingredients
- 600 g chicken thighs or 4 cups cut into bite-size pieces
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 medium red onion chopped
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tsp garlic/ginger paste
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne optional
- 3/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp monk fruit/erythritol or sugar
- 3/4 cup half and half or heavy cream
- 1/3 cup sour cream or yoghurt
- 4 large tomatoes pureed
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine chicken with lemon and salt. Set aside for 10 min.
- Heat butter in a large cooking pot/skillet. Add chicken pieces and garlic/ginger paste. Cook for about 5 min
- Add onions, and cook for another 3-5 minutes scraping for bits stuck on the pan
- Add pureed tomatoes. Don't worry if the sauce looks too thin. It'll cook down. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add spices and sweetener/sugar and cover to continue cooking until the sauce thickens.
- Stir in the cream and sour cream and simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce is thick and bubbly. Taste and adjust salt according to preference
- Garnish with cilantro and enjoy
Notes
- If the sauce is too thick, add a few tablespoons of water or chicken broth to thin it out.
- This dish can be served with naan bread, cooked rice, or cauliflower rice for people following a low-carb diet.
- Please note that I used monk fruit/erythritol blend for this recipe but you can use sugar instead if you are not too concerned with the carbs and sugar intake.
- For this recipe, chicken thighs work excellent because they tend not to dry and be chewy. However, you can use chicken breast instead if that works better for your lifestyle.
- This dish keeps well in the fridge and should be eaten within 2-3 days.
- The cayenne pepper can totally be left out but if you like some heat, don't miss it, adjust according to taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 532kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 29gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 189mgSodium: 1095mgPotassium: 914mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 2442IUVitamin C: 31mgCalcium: 115mgIron: 2mg
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