Easy Butter Chicken Curry
Easy Butter Chicken Curry
This easy butter chicken curry is a wonderful way to use up a leftover roast chicken for a rich and beautifully tasty midweek meal that’ll have everyone asking for more.
If you’re a fan of rich dishes like this Indian butter chicken, check out our Mexican Fusion recipe page for more great ideas and inspiration. Our Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste would work just as well in other curries such as chicken tikka masala.
Serves 4
Prep 30 mins
Cook 45 mins
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 onions, roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoon Gran Luchito Chipotle Chilli Paste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 400g / 14oz can of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon tomato purée
- 200ml / 7fl. oz double cream
- 50g / 2oz butter
- 1kg / 2.2 lb leftover roast chicken or roasted chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized chunks
- A handful of coriander leaves, roughly chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Perfect Boiled Rice
KCAL:
165
FAT:
9.6g
Saturates:
4.3g
Carbs:
9.1g
Sugars:
1.5g
Fibre:
0.7g
Protein:
10.2g
Salt:
0.23g
Nutrition: PER SERVING
Method
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over a low–medium heat. Add the onion, stir and fry for about 15 minutes until completely softened, but not browned.
- Reduce the heat slightly, add the garlic and fry for about 3 minutes, stirring regularly to avoid burning.
- Add the Gran Luchito Chipotle Chilli Paste, lemon juice, garam masala, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, the tomato purée and about 1 ½ tablespoons of water. Stir and cook for 15 minutes over a medium heat.
- Reduce the heat, then stir in the cream and the butter until melted.
- Add the leftover chicken (chopped or ripped into bitesized chunks).
- Stir well and adjust the seasoning if needed. Continue to cook over a low–medium heat for about 5–10 minutes, or until the chicken is hot throughout (you don’t really want to cook it too much as it will dry out quickly).
- Stir in some coriander leaves and serve with rice.
What you’ll need
Easy Butter Chicken Curry
This easy butter chicken curry is a wonderful way to use up a leftover roast chicken for a rich and beautifully tasty midweek meal that’ll have everyone asking for more.
If you’re a fan of rich dishes like this Indian butter chicken, check out our Mexican Fusion recipe page for more great ideas and inspiration. Our Gran Luchito Chipotle Paste would work just as well in other curries such as chicken tikka masala.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 onions, roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoon Gran Luchito Chipotle Chilli Paste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 teaspoons garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 400g / 14oz can of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon tomato purée
- 200ml / 7fl. oz double cream
- 50g / 2oz butter
- 1kg / 2.2 lb leftover roast chicken or roasted chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized chunks
- A handful of coriander leaves, roughly chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Perfect Boiled Rice
How to make it
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over a low–medium heat. Add the onion, stir and fry for about 15 minutes until completely softened, but not browned.
- Reduce the heat slightly, add the garlic and fry for about 3 minutes, stirring regularly to avoid burning.
- Add the Gran Luchito Chipotle Chilli Paste, lemon juice, garam masala, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, the tomato purée and about 1 ½ tablespoons of water. Stir and cook for 15 minutes over a medium heat.
- Reduce the heat, then stir in the cream and the butter until melted.
- Add the leftover chicken (chopped or ripped into bitesized chunks).
- Stir well and adjust the seasoning if needed. Continue to cook over a low–medium heat for about 5–10 minutes, or until the chicken is hot throughout (you don’t really want to cook it too much as it will dry out quickly).
- Stir in some coriander leaves and serve with rice.
What you’ll need
- Chipotle Paste https://gran.luchito.com/our-products/chipotle-paste/
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