Butter Chicken
Butter chicken
Chicken kebab with garden salad
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless chicken thighs
Marinade ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup yogurt
8 cloves of garlic, minced
4 tbsps lemon juice
2 tbsps tandoori mix (make sure the packet ingredients do not contain artificial
colors)
1/2 cup unsalted melted butter (some will be used for the sauce, below)
Sauce ingredients:
1 cup creamy tomato soup
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garam masala
1 cup of cream (or Half-and-Half)
Chopped cilantro for garnishing.
2 tbsp cooking oil.
Preparation:
Marinate the chicken pieces in yogurt, buttermilk, lemon juice, and 3/4th of the
melted butter, tandoori mix. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Heat oil in the pan.
- Sautee the onions with the ginger and garlic paste.
- Discard the marinade and add the chicken to the sauteed onions.
- Cover and allow to cook on low heat, until the liquid from the chicken dries up.
- Sprinkle some salt and pour in the soup.
- Cover once more and let it cook on low heat. When the chicken is done, turn off
the heat and pour in the cream, mixing it properly.
- Pour the preparation in a serving bowl, drizzle the butter on top, and garnish
with cilantro.
NOTE: If you want to make chicken kababs instead, then do not make a gravy.
Pull out the chicken from the marinade and place on skewers and broil until it
browns. Then take it out, brush it with butter, sprinkle some tandoori powder on
it, and cover with squeezed lemon juice. Serve with garden salad as in the
picture.
Chicken kabab broiling
Chicken marinade
Cooked butter chicken