Butter chicken
Restaurant versions carry a surprising amount of sugar and often ground cashew as a thickener. Cream and reduced tomato do it here, which is closer to the original and considerably lighter on carbs.
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Ingredients
For the whole dish · serves 4
- Chicken thighs1¼ lb
- Tomato paste8½ oz
- Heavy cream4 fl oz
- Greek yogurt3 oz
- Butter1¾ oz
- Garam masalatwo teaspoons
- Ground fenugreek leafa teaspoon, crushed
- Fresh gingera thumb, grated
- Garlic clovesfour, crushed
- Sea saltto taste
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+3g net · 95 kcal · 10 min · together 9g net, 610 kcal
Method
6 steps · 60 minutes
- Marinate the thighs in the yogurt, ginger, garlic and half the garam masala for an hour if you can.
- Color them hard under a broiler or in a dry pan first, and let them blacken at the edges. That char is what a tandoor would give you and the sauce cannot replace it.
- Cook the tomato paste down in the butter until it darkens and the fat separates out, a good 15 minutes. This is the step that replaces the sugar.
- Dried fenugreek leaf is the flavor people cannot place in this dish. Crush it between your palms as it goes in.
- Cream in off the heat, then the chicken back with any juices. Boiled after the cream, it splits.
- Let it sit 10 minutes before serving. It is one of the few curries that is noticeably better after a rest.
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