Basic Butter Chicken
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Seasons and Suppers · by Jennifer Maloney★ 5.0 (1)

Basic Butter Chicken

NUTRITION · PER SERVING100M COOK
CAL 36%·PRO 100%
CARBS 73G40% OF CAL
6G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC57G OTHER10G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 27G33% OF CAL
9G SAT18G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

A creamy, mild butter chicken made with yogurt-marinated chicken breast, tomato sauce, and half-and-half, seasoned with garam masala and ginger. A weeknight-friendly version of the Indian classic.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 4
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek-style yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon ginger (peeled and finely grated (or ginger paste))
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 Tablespoon garam marsala
  • 3 Tablespoons lemon juice (from about 1 lemon (lime juice will also work))
  • 2 Tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh cilantro (roughly chopped, plus more to serve *see Note 1 below)
  • Pinch salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1-inch wide, bite-sized pieces (about 3 chicken breasts *see Note 2 below)
  • 1 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 Tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
  • 1 cup onion (diced)
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 Tablespoon garam masala
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 cup passata (strained pureed tomatoes, usually sold in tall jars in with the spaghetti sauce *see Note 3 below)
  • 1 1/4 cups half and half cream (10% b.f.) (*see Note 4 below)
  • 2 Tablespoons cilantro (chopped)
  • salt (as needed)
  • Basmati rice and pappadums or naan bread
  • Additional chopped cilantro
PREP
15M
SODIUM
743MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.