Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
Pakistani · Medium · rated 4.5 (44 reviews)
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 480
- Meal type
- Dinner
- Tags
- Butter chicken, Curry, Indian, Pakistani, Asian
Ingredients
- Chicken thighs, boneless and skinless
- Yogurt
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Garam masala
- Kashmiri red chili powder
- Tomato puree
- Butter
- Heavy cream
- Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- Sugar
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Marinate chicken thighs in a mixture of yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, and Kashmiri red chili powder.
- In a pan, melt butter and sauté the marinated chicken until browned.
- Add tomato puree and cook until the oil separates. Stir in heavy cream.
- Sprinkle kasuri methi, sugar, and salt. Simmer until the chicken is fully cooked.
- Serve this creamy butter chicken over rice or with naan for an authentic Pakistani/Indian experience.