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Indian Chicken or Butter Chicken
Indian chicken, or butter chicken, in an easy recipe with a distinctive, rich flavor thanks to the addition of cream and butter. This is a very practical recipe, served with white rice and naan bread.
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Indian chicken, or butter chicken, in an easy recipe with a distinctive, rich flavor thanks to the addition of cream and butter. This is a very practical recipe, served with white rice and naan bread.
Ingredients
- For the marinade:
- Boneless chicken breast
- 1 finely chopped onion
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Turmeric
- A small pinch of nutmeg
- Grated ginger or ground ginger
- Garlic powder
- Sweet and hot paprika
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- For cooking:
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 medium cooking cream carton
- 1 small knob of butter
- To serve:
- A sprinkle of dried parsley
- Indian naan bread:
- 1 cup flour
- A pinch of salt
- 1 small teaspoon yeast
- 1 small teaspoon sugar
- Oil
- Naan bread:
Method
- Cut the boneless chicken into cubes.
- Marinate it after mixing all the ingredients together.
- Leave it to marinate for 1 hour.Timers: 60 min
- In a wide skillet or pot, cook the chicken, stirring, until fully cooked, then add the cooking cream and lemon juice and mix.
- Let it simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.Timers: 10 min
- Add the butter and stir until it melts, then turn off the heat and sprinkle some dried parsley on top.
- Serve the Indian chicken with boiled or fluffy white rice and naan bread.
- Mix the dry ingredients, rub the oil into the flour, then gradually add water and bring the dough together.
- Knead well for at least 5 minutes, cover, and let it rest for at least 1 hour, or depending on the temperature, until it doubles in size.Timers: 5 min, 60 min
- Shape the dough into balls and flatten them by hand to a thickness of 1 cm. Cover and let them rest again for about 20 minutes.Timers: 20 min
- Cook on both sides in a pan over low gas heat.
- Also try Chicken Drumstick with Fluffy Rice
Notes and serving ideas
- Chicken with White Sauce
- Chicken Drumstick with Fluffy Rice






