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Butter chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Butter chicken

24 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Butter chicken

A mild, creamy curry that's sure to please all tastes. Don't be put off by the long list of ingredients - it's very easy to make.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1350
Calories
61g
Protein
28g
Fat
212g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Naan 1 piece (90g) 262
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 100ml/3½fl oz plain yoghurt
  • 1 lime
  • 15g/½oz garlic
  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tbsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • pinch paprika
  • pinch salt
  • 4 x 150g/5½oz chicken breasts
  • 25g/1oz unsalted butter
  • ½ lemon
  • 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
  • 1 onion
  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger
  • 2 garlic
  • 100g/3½oz tomato purée
  • 2 small red chillies
  • pinch chilli powder
  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • handful fresh coriander
  • naan bread
  • basmati rice

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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