Name: Easy Butter Chicken (30 minute recipe!)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter (see notes); 2 yellow onions (roughly chopped); 3 tablespoons chopped ginger; 6 cloves garlic (crushed); 28 ounce can of crushed or diced tomatoes; 1 lb chicken breasts or thighs (cut into bite-sized pieces); 1 cup water; ½ cup whipping cream (plain yogurt or coconut milk); 2 tablespoons almond butter (see notes); 2-4 tablespoons coconut sugar (can sub brown sugar); Sea salt (to taste - I like about 2 teaspoons); Cilantro (to serve); 1 tablespoon garam masala; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 4 cardamom pods (seeds only - discard the pods)

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Easy Butter Chicken (30 minute recipe!)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

24% of a 2,000 cal day

483KCAL

Protein

33g66% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat24g

31%

Saturated11g

55%

Unsaturated13g

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Total Carbs38g

14%

Fiber8g

28%

Total Sugars22g

—

incl. Added Sugars9g

18%

Starch8g

—

Sodium1699mg

74%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A creamy, aromatic Indian butter chicken with tomato, cream, and warm spices ready in 30 minutes. Rich and flavorful without the takeout wait.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

2 tbspbutter
2yellow onions — roughly chopped
3 tbspchopped ginger
6garlic — crushed
28 ozcrushed tomatoes — canned, or diced tomatoes
1 lbchicken breasts — cut into bite-sized pieces, or chicken thighs
1 cupwater
½ cupwhipping cream — or plain yogurt or coconut milk
2 tbspalmond butter
2–4 tbspcoconut sugar — or brown sugar
2 tspSea salt
Cilantro
1 tbspgaram masala
1 tspground turmeric
1 tspground coriander
1 tspground cumin
1 tspchili powder
4cardamom pods — seeds only

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Method

30m total

Read the method on The Endless MealKristen Stevens’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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