Description
Craving some authentic, delicious, and creamy Butter Chicken? This Cheat Butter Chicken delivers the same amazing taste as the real deal! Don’t miss out.
Ingredients
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- 800 g chicken thighs, drumsticks
- 1 tsp red chili paste
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 heaped tbsp Aminas Butter chicken paste
- 1/2 cup yogurt/buttermilk (Feel free to use the cheat buttermilk of milk and vinegar, infused for 15 minutes)
- 1 red onion
- 2 cardamom pods
- 100 g Butter
- 1 cup fresh cream/ideal milk
- Fresh coriander
- Sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- Finely chop the stalks of the coriander and curry leaves.
- Melt the butter gently and add onion and cardamom pods, curry stalks, and curry leaves.
- Combine the chicken with all the marinade, use a splash of water from the kettle to rinse the bowl, and add to the chicken.
- Simmer semi-covered until chicken is cooked.
- Add the cream (keep some for presentation) and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Equipment
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Created, Prepared, tried, and tested by Melanie from SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 559
- Sugar: 4.1 g
- Sodium: 861.8 mg
- Fat: 40.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 22.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 5.5 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 42 g
- Cholesterol: 280.3 mg
