Step by Step Procedure to Prepare Butter Chicken

A super easy and classy curry that simmered with aromatic chicken pieces. Yes, we are talking about your favourite butter chicken. This is an incredibly creamy sauce that is prepared with chicken pieces and is liked by almost everyone. Want to taste the delicacy of butter chicken, then you must visit the best restaurant in Bangkok where our well-skilled chefs try to add their authentic and native flavours in this delectable dish. You don’t need to study cook-books or culinary skills, you can even prepare this dish at your home with a few simple steps.

So in order to make this dish, you need to study the basic steps of this dish’s recipe and voila, butter chicken is easily prepared at home.

Looking for butter chicken recipe and have a look at the following steps:

Step By Step Procedure to Prepare BUTTER CHICKEN

PREP TIME: AROUND 40 MIN
COOKING TIME : AROUND 30 MIN
TOTAL TIME: AROUND 1HR AND 10 MIN

INGREDIENTS OF BUTTER CHICKEN RECIPE:

FOR MARINATED CHICKEN:

1 lb of boneless chicken, skinless chicken thighs that should be cut into small cubes /pieces
¼ cup of yogurt(plain)
1 tbsp of olive oil (any cooking oil)
1 teaspoon of coriander
1 teaspoon of Chilli powder (Or Kashmiri Chilli powder)
1 teaspon of cumin seeds
Salt as per taste

FOR THE CREAMY SAUCE:

Almonds qty should be 8 to 10
Cashews qty should 10 to 12
2 tbsp of butter
1 teaspoon of sugar
Diced tomatoes
2 tbsp of coriander
Garam masala 1 ½ teaspoon
Kashmiri chilli powder 1 ½ teaspoon
Salt around ½ teaspoon
1 cup of water
¼ cup of cream(buttermilk)
Kasuri methi
Whole recipe of butter chicken with the aforementioned ingredients:

Marination: Marinate the whole chicken with all the available ingredients and refrigerate it properly for a few hours.

Soak Cashews: Add or soak cashews and almonds in water before the preparation of butter chicken.
Cooking Part: Heat your skillet to the optimum level. Add some oil to the surface of the skillet. Then grill the chicken pieces on the skillet for 5 to 10 minutes until the water is dried up. Do not try to overstuff the skillet, just transfer the chicken into another pan and set it aside for sometime.

Sauce Part: Add some butter to the pan over medium heat. Once the butter starts melting, add ginger or garlic paste with sugar and salt. Now add diced tomatoes and stir the sauce with the whole bunch of vegetables in the skillet. The sauce should be loose enough so that it could be well mixed with chicken pieces.

Don’t forget to add coriander powder, garam masala, chili powder and turn off the heat after 4 to 5 minutes.

Puree the sauce: Blend the smooth paste with cashews and almonds to add some extra flavours.
Completion Part: Now comes the final part. Take your sauce to the cooking pan over medium heat, as soon as sauce starts to boil, add chicken pieces and cream. Cover the skillet and leave it for 10 minutes.
Serving Part: After stirring the butter chicken, add kasuri methi and unsalted butter and again simmer it for 10 minutes. Now the choice is yours, serve the butter chicken dish with rice or lachha paratha or naan.

Your creamy, spicy and sweet butter chicken is ready. What are you waiting for? Come experience the authentic flavours of butter chicken at the Amritsr restaurant which is the best restaurant in Bangkok.