Butter Chicken

Name: Butter Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 kg chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 3cm strips; 1 kg chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 3cm strips; 1 lemon, juiced; 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, grated; 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tsp paprika; 1-2 tsp hot chilli powder; 1 tsp ground coriander; 30 g butter; 1 large onion, sliced; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; 3 cardamom pods; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp garam masala; 200 g passata; 300 ml chicken stock; 50 ml natural yoghurt or 30 ml double cream; 50 ml natural yoghurt or 30 ml double cream; 50 g flaked almonds, toasted; Fresh coriander, to taste

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

This is a great recipe to introduce younger or spice-adverse members of the family to curry, as it’s mild but full of flavour. Like most of my curries, I’ve given it a healthier spin and simplified the method into four easy steps.

Ingredients

1 kg chicken breasts or thighs, cut into 3cm strips

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Combine all the ingredients for the marinade and coat the chicken strips in it. Set aside for 20 minutes, or longer if you have time.

To make the curry, heat the butter in a large pan and add the onion. Let it colour for 10 minutes before adding the garlic, cardamom, turmeric and garam masala. Stir well, then add the chicken with all its yoghurt marinade.

Colour the chicken for