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Makhani chicken - Indian butter chicken
Makhani chicken, or better known as an Indian butter chicken is a dish filled with spices, flavours and tender chicken. Marinated in yoghurt, yum!
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Recipe makhani chicken - indian butter chicken
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Made by Véronique
Published at 2017-11-20, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 35 minutes.
Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.
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Preparation time
15 minutes
Time cooking
20 minutes
Total time
35 minutes
Preparation - 15 minutes + marinating time
Peel the ginger root and garlic cloves and remove the seeds of the green chilli pepper. If you like it spicy, you don't have to remove the seeds. Create a puree of 3 of the garlic cloves and add them to the medium-sized bowl.
Create the second puree in the same blender with ginger root, 1 garlic clove and the green chilli pepper. Add a bit of oil so the puree will be a bit smoother.
Divide the chicken into bite-size pieces and combine them with yoghurt, garlic puree, lemon juice, cloves, 1 tablespoon of ground chilli, 1 tablespoon garam masala, a pinch of ground nutmeg, pepper and salt.
Melt about 3 tablespoons of butter, let it cool off shortly and stir it into the chicken. Civer with cling film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Finishing makhani chicken - 20 minutes
Heat a knob of butter in a large skillet. First, sauté the ginger and chilli pepper puree on high heat. After a few minutes, you can also add the marinated chicken.
Then after again a few minutes, add a tablespoon of garam masala and 400 ml passata and bring to a boil. As soon as the chicken is done, stir in the heavy cream and let the sauce thicken a bit.
Season with pepper, salt, garam masala and maybe some extra ground chilli. Remove the cloves and serve with rice and naan and if you like, you can garnish the dish with parsley. Enjoy!
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2 comments on "Makhani chicken - Indian butter chicken"
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Bill posters
says on 2020-10-30
ok this is Saturdays cooking project :)
but i have a problem with item 12 in your ingredients list any chance you can clarify thanks in advance .
Ohmydish
says on 2020-10-30
We've updated the recipe, the garlic cloves were missing in the ingredients list!
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