Indian butter chicken

Total: 5 hr | Active: 1 hr
gluten-free, Low Carb

Ingredients

for 4 person

To marinate the chicken
chicken breasts (approx. 160 g each), cut into approx. 2 cm cubes
100 g plain yoghurt
garlic clove, finely grated
2 tsp ginger, finely grated
1 tbsp Indian curry
To cook the chicken
2 tbsp clarified butter for frying
1 tsp salt
onion, thinly sliced
garlic clove, pressed
2 tsp ginger, finely grated
½ tbsp Indian curry
¼ tsp ground cumin
2 pinch cinnamon
1 glass puréed tomatoes (approx. 350 g)
50 g butter
½ tsp salt
100 g crème fraîche

How it's done

To marinate the chicken

In a bowl, mix the diced chicken, yoghurt, garlic, ginger and curry. Cover and marinate in the fridge for approx. 4 hrs.

To cook the chicken

Heat a little clarified butter in a non-stick frying pan, brown the chicken in batches for approx. 3 mins., remove and season with salt. Heat the remainder of the clarified butter. Sauté the onion, garlic, ginger and spices in the same pan for approx. 10 mins. Add the tomatoes and butter, season with salt, simmer for approx. 20 mins. Stir in the crème fraîche, return the chicken to the pan, simmer for a further 5 mins.

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