Steps to Make Super Quick Homemade Butter Chicken

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, butter chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Butter Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Butter Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook butter chicken using 27 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:

1. Prepare 800 g chicken
2. Take 1/2 cup yoghurt
3. Take 1 tablespoon garlic paste
4. Prepare 1 tablespoon ginger paste
5. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
6. Take 1 teaspoon salt
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon chilli powder
8. Take 4 large tomatoes
9. Make ready 1 onion roughly chopped
10. Get 1 tablespoon ginger paste
11. Take 1 tablespoon garlic paste
12. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
13. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
14. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
15. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
16. Make ready 2 star anise
17. Take 7-8 cardamom
18. Make ready 10-12 peppercorns
19. Make ready 5-6 cloves
20. Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
21. Make ready As needed Coriander leaves chopped to garnish
22. Take 1/4 cup +1 tablespoon heavy cream
23. Take 2 tablespoons cooking oil
24. Make ready 1/2 tablespoon sugar
25. Make ready 2 tablespoons butter
26. Take To taste Salt according
27. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon kasuri methi

Steps to make Butter Chicken:

1. In a bowl, take the chicken and add all the marinades, and let it sit for about an hour to overnight, if possible.
2. Take a pan, heat it on medium flame. Once hot sprinkle some oil and add the marinated chicken. Do not overcrowd them. You can put them in batches. Cook each side of the chicken for 3-5 minutes till chicken turns brown to little black on each side.
3. Once done, remove the chicken in a bowl. The chicken will be semi cooked at this point, do not worry we will cook it later.
4. Also while cooking the chicken there might be some burnt pieces of the chicken. You can keep some of them aside and use them in the gravy. They add extra aroma to the dish.
5. In another pan, add oil and butter and heat it. Once hot, add the ginger and garlic paste, sauté for a minute.
6. Add the chopped onions and sauté for about 5 minutes. Then add tomatoes, turmeric, cumin, chilli, coriander powder, star anise, cardamom, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon stick and continue cooking.
7. Cook it for around 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, turn off the gas and let it cool.
8. After it cools down, transfer everything to a blender and blend it to a smooth paste.
9. I like my butter chicken, smooth therefore I prefer straining the mixture. Once straining is done transfer everything to the same pan and turn on the flame and also add the chicken. Cook the chicken till it is completely done and you achieve a thick consistency of the gravy.
10. Add the cream and stir. If you feel that the gravy has become too thick, you can add a splash of water or some butter to it.
11. Add the kasoori methi at the end and turn of the flame.
12. Garnish it with chopped coriander and the remaining cream and serve hot with rice or naan.

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