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Butter Chicken

Indian · Spicy · Poultry

Butter Chicken

Silky tomato gravy, smoky kissed chicken, finished with cream and a curl of butter.

Sam Wu

Sam Wu

4.86 · Master Chef

Time

4Hr 15 Mins

Skill

Intermediate

Rating

4.9 / 5

The method

  1. 01

    Marinate chicken in yogurt, garam masala, garlic and ginger for at least 30 minutes.

  2. 02

    Sear the chicken hard in a hot pan for color, then set aside.

  3. 03

    Bloom spices in butter, add tomato puree, simmer until it darkens and the oil splits.

  4. 04

    Return the chicken, add cream, simmer gently 10 minutes. Finish with a knob of butter.

Watch it made

Cook-alongs from the chef, plus variations other cooks have filmed in their own kitchens.

0:06Chef

Splitting the gravy properly

Sam Wu

"Wait for the oil to pool at the edges before the cream goes in."