Easy Butter Chicken Recipe
This butter chicken recipe is probably going to change your life. It has changed mine. We love Indian takeout food (especially Chickpea Curry), but yikes, it’s expensive! I’ve been working on this recipe for a while, trying to get the perfect amount of tang for the butter chicken sauce using tomato sauce instead of yogurt. And finally, it’s here and I’m sooooooo excited to share! This butter chicken is not spicy at all making it perfect for families. All 3 of my kids will happily eat this up (and then lick their bowls, real talk). The butter chicken is saucy because we love having extra sauce to pour over our rice. I can easily whip this up in less than 30 minutes, so it works on busy weeknights. I’ll cook rice in the rice cooker while the chicken is cooking, and then add some frozen naan into the oven. And then dinner is ready. Yay, I love a quick meal! Love my Indian butter chicken? Try my Slow Cooker Butter Chicken next and Indian basmati rice next!
Butter Chicken Ingredients
Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless, you can also use chicken thighs if you’d like. Tomato Sauce to make the Butter Chicken Sauce Yellow onion, fresh ginger and minced garlic Heavy cream, this is going to make a creamy butter chicken sauce! Spices: garam masala, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper Kitchen basics: olive oil, butter, lemon juice
How to Make Butter Chicken
Cook onions, fresh ginger and minced garlic in a large skillet. Add chopped up chicken breast, tomato sauce and spices into the skillet. Stir to fully coat the chicken with spices and sauce. Cook until the chicken is fully cooked inside, stirring occasionally. This takes around 8 minutes. Add heavy cream and lemon juice, stirring, and then simmer for 10 minutes for the sauce to thicken up. Serve over rice with naan and enjoy this easy butter chicken! Hope you love it as much as we do!
Storing leftovers
Store leftover butter chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator, good for 3-4 days. Heat up in the microwave in 30 second increments until fully heated. Pin for later:
