Name: Indian Butter Chicken
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: cup full fat yogurt; lemon juice; garam masala; ground cumin; turmeric; fresh grated ginger; cloves garlic; chili powder or cayenne pepper; chicken thighs or breasts, cut into 1inch size; neutral vegetable oil; tomato sauce; sugar; salt; cup cream or half and half; non GMO corn starch; rice; chopped cilantro

Author: Anna

Category: Meat

Cuisine: Indian

Yields: 6 Servings Difficulty: Easy Cook Time: 25 Mins

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Ingredients

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Meat Marinade

1 cup full fat yogurt
2 tbsp lemon juice (One lemon.)
3 tsp garam masala (Indian spice, available in supermarkets.)
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
2 tbsp fresh grated ginger
3-4 cloves garlic (Crushed.)
1/2 tsp chili powder or cayenne pepper (Optional.)
2 1/2 lbs chicken thighs or breasts, cut into 1inch size (It could be 1lb thighs and 1lb breast meat mixed.)

Curry

2 tbsp neutral vegetable oil
8 oz tomato sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/4 tsp salt
1 cup cream or half and half
1 tbsp non GMO corn starch (Optional. Use only if the sauce is too thin. See note below.)

To Serve

rice
chopped cilantro

Instructions

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Step 1

In a large bowl combine marinade ingredients. Add meat and stir well coating all the pieces thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours, but no shorter than one hour.
Step 2

In a large frying pan, heat the oil. Add chicken coated with marinade. Cook for about 5 min. or until all the meat is white (cooked through). Add tomato sauce, sugar and salt. Turn the heat down to low and simmer for 15min. Add cream (or half and half) and stir well. Remove from the heat. Serve with rice, garnished with cilantro.

Notes

The sauce might come out a little thin. If this is the case, take 1 tbsp. of corn starch and dissolve it in about 1/4 cup of cold water. Add to your dish at the end of cooking and bring the sauce to a boil. You will notice it getting thicker when it starts to boil. Turn of the heat and serve.
All the spices can be easily find online:
Garam Masala
Turmeric
Red Chili Powder
Cumin