North Indian
Butter Chicken
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Toss the chicken with the yogurt, half the garam masala, and half the salt and let it sit 15 minutes while you prep.
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Soak the cashews in hot water for 10 minutes, then blend them smooth with a splash of the soaking water.
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Melt 2 tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium heat and brown the marinated chicken in batches, then set it aside.
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In the same pan cook the onion, garlic, and ginger until soft, about 6 minutes, then stir in the cumin, paprika, and remaining garam masala.
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Pour in the crushed tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes, then blend the sauce smooth and return it to the pan.
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Stir in the cashew cream, heavy cream, and remaining butter, return the chicken with its juices, and simmer until cooked through, about 8 minutes.
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Season with the remaining salt and serve over the basmati rice.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Butter Chicken, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Butter Chicken carries tree nuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Dairy | Yes | Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 740 kcal
- Protein
- 38 g
- Carbs
- 58 g
- Fat
- 40 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
- Saturated fat
- 18 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Butter Chicken takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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