Photo: Lily Banse
Butter chicken
24 ingredients
30 min
Serves 4
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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.
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
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