This recipe is the exact flavor and texture of my absolute favorite Makhani made by Panjabi Chef Doosa Rama Srina of East India Co. here in Downtown Portland, Ore. Hi Karina, Im still pretty new to cooking so Im sure these things were not in the recipe for a reason, but it still tasted amazing and my family of picky eaters (Im a teenager, its my mom whos picky lol) loves it so much. Thank you from Sweden ? I plan to freeze some of the sauce for the next batch of chicken! Single cream does not. Ive never tried Indian food before or cooked it but I tried out this recipe and it came out delicious! I did not double the sauce ingredients but did use a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes instead of 14 oz. I did buy really good quality ones as I find cheap ones are more acidic, Thanks! made with the tin tomatoes was awesome. Thank you!!!! This recipe made me a hero. If you cant get it, use about 2 tablespoons of maple syrup. Thanks so much! I cant wait to try out the others on your website. I ordered some some Amazon so Ill have them next time. When my wife said lets have chicken tonight I needed something different. Absolutely delish. Saving the recipe to make again and again. Its so easy to follow, and you dont really need a lot of ingredients when you have all of the spices. Do you have any tips? Unfortunately, hubby spent six weeks in India and its his favorite, lol. I also love how the aromas have now filled our apartment. It also freezes quite well, so you can make a big batch and save some in the fridge. Thanks in advance! Most without success. I made this tonight after marinating the chicken for 24 hours, I used chicken tenderloins and they were basically fall apart soft fantastic recipe will make again. Excellent!! If you want a richer sauce, feel free to add a couple tablespoons of butter (or ghee) right at the end, letting it melt though the sauce, before serving. Love love love it! Double cream, whipped cream, extra thick double cream do very well with heat. Definitely need to double the recipe next time. Secondly, you CAN get away with using ground ginger for convenience instead of fresh and it will still taste goodbut the sauce will lack zing that makes you say wow with every bite. Butter chicken originated from Northern India in1948. Work in batches depending on the size of your blender. Plan to purchase fenugreek for the future. Ive never. Let me tell you, this is the most amazing butter chicken I have ever tasted, I will never buy packet sauce ever again. My family and I really enjoyed it. I read the comments and theyre all true the best Butter Chicken Ive ever eaten or ever made. I followed this recipe exactly (except for not being able to find kasoori methi). Thank you for posting this recipe Karina. This recipe is so easy to follow and without a doubt the taste is above expectation. Ive now cooked 5 of your recipes and none have let me down xo. Thanks for you advice! This recipe always gets so many compliments when i cook it! I am so happy that I found this! Its a family favourite now.? Holy Mackerel! The aromas alone transport you to a completely different world. Even though I had to reduce salt a bit and omit the sugar due to a family members dietary restrictions, the end result was still fantastic. Thats a huge win in my books. Awesome. This is the first time ever i have left a review for a recipie. It was my first time making indian food at home. I will must try it at my home. Just made it !
I made this for my picky and varied family tonight.
Still amazing, and better than some Ive had in restaurants. First try if this tonight. Maybe next time with paneer. This is a life changing recipe! I tried your best lasagne recipe the other day. This was delicious so good my husband insisted I leave a review. This recipe very awesome to cook. My son loves it so much and asks me to make it quite a bit. I didnt have a blender but used my Kitchen Aid 3.5 cup chopper and set it on puree worked awesome! Hi when you write crushed tomatoes do you mean fresh or tinned? Ive made it twice now and family cant get enough!
I cant believe *I* made this because it tastes restaurant quality! I bought way too much chicken so I doubled the marinade and sauce recipe and it still turned out way better than I imagined it would. I made it for a dinner party and everyone thought it tasted like restaurant style butter chicken. Ive shared the recipe with my mom and cant wait to hear her thoughts. I think next time I will just start with 1/2 teaspoon. If you skip the marinade, dont bother with chicken and just make the sauce to have over veggies/rice. Easily the best Indian curry recipe Ive tried it takes ages but utterly worth it. Mine didnt look as dark and richly red as your images, but the flavour was phenomenal. Made an Indian dish before but I was wondering if I could substitute curry powder of all the other ingredients? I will definitely be making it again. Best recipe I have ever tried! WOW! Served with toasted garlic bread. Thank you . This was fantastic. Anyone that has a little motivation can make them. I make curries quite a lot but I will often come back to this recipe!
Its all about that sauce when it comes to authentic butter chicken. The flavors are beautiful. ? I tried this dish once and the whole family agrees its the best one yet! I love to cook but was always intimidated to make a curry by scratch and wow this recipe has changed my way of cooking curries all together! Can I use tomato passata instead of tin tomato. I didnt have fenugreek. The leftovers are good too!
The flavors, the smell,. Flavor was fantastic. Friends and family beg me to cook this butterchicken, and i do it happily, because it tastes so amazing. Although I cant source fenugreek, I follow every other instruction and a dash more cream (sometimes coconut cream) and this recipe is a huge winner with friends and family. Will there be a problem with my coconut milk separating during the long slow cooking? I even had to lessen the ginger and chili powder (housemates dont like ginger and spicy food) and it was a success. Thankyou for nice sharing. However, we found while recipe testing that we prefer to start the sauce off in Ghee (clarified butter, or you can use a combination of half regular butter and half oil). Thank you! I was so excited to find this recipe, it usually calls for nuts and my son is allergic to them so this is perfect! I would avoid using basil crushed tomatoes. It paired so well with the chicken! Im fortunate enough to have an Indian grocer nearby but to me this ingredient is essential. My kids and my meat and potatoes man husband love it! I made it last night. ummm okay WOW. Ive been searching for one for ages to replicate the ones you get in restaurants and this is it! I was wondering if I could substitute sour cream, beings I dont have any plain yogurt on hand. Pour the pured sauce back into the pan. Confession: I am not a fan of Indian food. Browned bits = flavour. Alternatively, add a small amount of water. Im wondering as to the necessity to have garlic, ginger, cumin garam masala, and chili powder added both to the marinade and to the sauce? Ive promised them a butter chicken feast as soon as we are done socially isolating! I skip the sugar and add fresh lemon juice to cut the tomato acid at the very end. Thank you for your comment! I used it without blending. Otherwise, the texture of the sauce is amazing, I love the idea of blending it all up. I usually double the recipe, and almost always sneak veggies into the sauce by sauteing them with the onion until soft and blending them in. I accidentally got tomato sauce instead of crushed tomatoes and it tasted just like it was from a restaurant. She always has rich flavorful recipes youll want to scarf up in one sitting, and this butter chicken is no exception! Add garlic and ginger and saut for 1 minute until fragrant, then add ground coriander, cumin and garam masala. Looks great! This was soooooo delicious! Discovered at the last minute I had no coriander left doh but with all the other spices in there it was fine without it. I am looking to replace paneer with chicken. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. Seems key to the success was a good patient sear on the chicken pieces, a patient simmer of the tomatoes and a complete scraping of the stuck brown bits from the bottom of the pot. TFS xx. This is SO good! 
One thing I want to ask is, my end dish still tasted a bit too tomatoey. Will definitely make again! Weve been trying to replicate the butter chicken from our favorite restaurant and this came out very similar if not even better!! I like the bottled sauce, the difference is cinnamon, I have made sauce but with cinnamon. Thanks for a great recipe, will definitely make this again. Chicken Piccata. Doesnt the chicken need to cook for at least 25-30 minutes to cook thoroughly? There are many of the same spices in curry powder. where can I find kasoori methi (or dried fenugreek leaves)? A self-confessed balanced foodiesharing some waistlinefriendly recipes that are fullof flavour. Ive made this twice and Im absolutely in love with this dish! Is it really a tablespoon and a half of garlic and ginger, Best most authentic butter chicken recipe I have ever made The search is finally over! A bit of smearing around to make but SO worth it. I thought I would try yours and wow my crew were very impressed. Thanks chef Love the addition of the Fenugreek, one of my favourites. Wonderful! Just started learning how to cook and this turned out really divine! Will definitely be making again! This recipe is hands down the best butter chicken recipe! I have to admit that its pretty close to what my local Indian restaurant serves. Great recipe. First, mix your yogurt marinade together. The chicken will be tasteless and disappointing compared to the amazingly flavourful, rich sauce. We found that the 1 and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the sauce is too much. Creamy Garlic Chicken Breasts I wish I could leave a pic cause wow! It was absolutely DELICIOUS! love it! Really exactly what I was looking for in a butter chicken recipe not too fatty. Ive made this recipe twice and cant begin to describe the look of euphoria on my husbands face when he hears Im making it for dinner. x4 the amount of yogurt; meat extra coated with thick marinade cooks wonderful in the skillet Indian food should be a little spicier than other types of food, so I feel like it just made it more authentic. Everyone at home loved it! This turned out perfect thanks for sharing!! I will definitely be growing my own kasoori methi and making this recipe again and again. So good! Delicious!! By far the best dish I have ever made. Only thing i changed was that I used chicken with the bone in and also substituted garam masala in the marinade for tandoori masala. Omg SOOOO GOOD!!! I actually enjoyed it as well! This recipe is excellent! Tender and juicy chicken thanks to a deliciously spiced yogurt marinade, Butter Chicken is ridiculously easy to make. Exceeded our expectations and rivals any restaurant. Twice with chicken, and once with Aussie lamb meat (third time). I didnt have all the right ingredients (yogurt, fenugreek, sufficient cream) but it turned out amazingly well, at least to me! Followed the recipe as is otherwise. If I added these all just to the marinade, or just to the sauce, do you think even you personally would detect a difference? I didnt have fenugreek so I used some maple syrup and its place and I used evaporated milk and it was so yummy. Weve made so many different kinds of Indian food, its wonderful to find a recipe that is delicious and easy to make. SO GOOD! Actually tastes like restaurant quality. Next time I make it I do plan on using less salt. They say that maple syrup is a good substitute (also can omit sugar if used) you can also use fennel seeds . Remove from heat, scoop mixture into a blender and blend until smooth. The Kasoori Methi I found at a local Indian grocery store as the supermarkets dont stock it. Made this delicious recipe for my parents last night. Absolutely fantastic. You can sub a splash of maple syrup at the end in lieu of the fenugreek leaves. It was pretty spicy with the 2 teaspoons of chilli powder (1 for marinade, 1 for sauce). I am finally cooking it for my family this evening anticipating a similar response. I also couldnt find fenugreek. My husband love s it and I have made it many times now. I used Passata, less sugar and salt. I knew I had no fenugreek leaves but wasnt concerned about that. I cookd chicken breast fillets often (cut to bite size pieces) and it requires very little cooking..nothing worse than dry overcooked chicken. It didnt taste of coconut. Thankyou! Once I dial it in to my preferences it will be the best butter chicken Ive had. pretty simple to make once you get the recipe and steps down but my whole family enjoyed it as well. very flavorful and very yummy, easy to make! My family loved it. My 7 year old loves it so much shes requested the left overs in her lunch box! For the oil/butter substitute for ghee, what kind of oil would you recommend? The curry sauce is out of this world! It tastes very authentic. Everything else was as described in the recipe and my boyfriend and I LOVED it. Came out pretty awesome. This totally satisfies the Im craving Indian food thing! What did I do wrong? If you dont, theres no doubt you may use them again. Thanks for Sharing this is a keeper:). Ive tried so many butter chicken recipes but this one is by far the best. Made this last night, having marinated the chicken for nearly 48 hours after a change of plan the previous night. Have made this dish before and it was excellent. Mine had a little bit of a burnt taste in it. I had to comment! I dont add the chilli As have young children and didnt have fenugreek. My family is oblivious. .
Tried making butter chicken for the 1st time & so glad to have bumped into the right recipe. Made as instructed and quite excellent. Such a fantastic way to eat chicken. I cooked the chicken in much bigger groups (7-10 pieces at a time) on low heat, with vegetable oil. Thank you so much. It is his FAVORITE food in the WHOLE WORLD, and the look of dazed bliss on his face made it worth making a recipe that forces me to use my blender, which would ordinarily be a deal breaker. Thank you so much for this amazing recipe! Thank you Karina for sharing! . Used ancho chili powder for red chili powder and fire roasted tomatoes (these were what I had on hand). Im concerned if the heavy cream will curdle if I reheat in the microwave. ?? Very nice, better than other recipes Ive tried. Wow yummy mouth watering recipe. Thanks again for helping to make my birthday a bit better , I didnt change a thing and it was absolutely amazing! hi the recipie is easy but one thing since i simmer the cream with sugar and methi for 8 minutes ..will the cream cuddle due to prolong cooking . (You will finish cooking the chicken in the sauce.). Its so good that when I went to my usual resturant for this, I was dissapointed. I tried this butter chicken recipe from a friends recommendation. This is perfect and going in my recipe book! I have to say the original recipe without any changes is absolutely the best butter chicken I have ever had, either in Canada or in the UK. The measurements, subsitution ideas, the well laid-out ingredient and instruction listperfect. It is now in the permanent recipe folder!! I served it with quinoa and veggies. I did a couple things different though:
The butter chicken turned out amazingly delicious juicy, full of flavor, and just like how it tastes in a restaurant. Set aside and keep warm. I made the sauce, marinated some additional chicken and.. voila it was great! Even had enough sauce to spoon over the paneer I made! My entire family, including my toddlers, LOVED this recipe. A great replacement for the fenugreek is a good quality maple syrup. After doing some research, apparently the flavor is the same, chemically, and can only be imparted without continued cooking (hence adding at the end).