Easy Coconut Butter Chicken

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: butter chicken with coconut cream, easy butter chicken recipe

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 15

Servings:

Calories: 1153kcal

There’s right enough spice in this butter chicken recipe to make it super flavorful and with the addition of coconut cream will add that super silkiness that is going to be a family pleaser for sure.

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Equipment

deep sided frypan
measuring spoons

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

500 gm chicken breast or thighs cubed
30 gm butter
1 onion diced
2 garlic crushed
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp ground chili
1 tab tomato paste
1 can coconut cream
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp sugar

Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt the butter and sauté the diced onion, crushed garlic for 2 minutes.
Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and coat with the ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, chili and salt spice mix.
Sauté the chicken in the onion mix stirring continuously till browned for 5 minutes.
Add the tomato paste, coconut cream and garam masala and simmer for another 5 minutes. Cook no longer than 10 minutes to prevent the chicken from becoming dry.
Serve on a bed of fluffy rice topped with fresh corriander.

Notes

NOTE: To make this a lighter sauce you can use coconut milk if you prefer. It may make it just a bit thinner in consistency.

Serve with naan bread, poppadum's or freshly chopped tomatoes.

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