Butter Chicken Rice Recipe

Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) is one of the most popular curries in the world and yet happens to be one of the easiest! No hunting down hard to find ingredients, this chef recipethat makes the most incredible curry sauce.

As someone who loves food with big, BIG flavours, it’s no surprise that Indian is one of my favourite foods. A good curry and binge watching Netflix is pretty much my idea of a perfect Friday night. #NanaAlert! 😂

As much as I love making Indian food at home, sometimes I find the list of ingredients daunting. It’s easy enough to make once I gather all the ingredients, but that’s where I usually fall short because it requires a trip to an Indian grocery store – and my closest one is a fair drive away.

Easy Vegan Butter Chicken With Tofu

Butter Chicken is one of the few exceptions. I was elated when I discovered a Chef recipe for Butter Chickenand realised how

YES it is!It’s called Murgh Makhani and it hails from Northern India. It’s quite a mild curry compared to many Indian curries, and outside of India, it’s become just about everybody’s favourite curry!

The secret to the tender, flavour infused chicken is a spice infused yogurt marinade made with fresh ginger, garlic, lemon juice and spices.The spices in Butter Chicken are turmeric, garam masala, chilli powder and cumin.

Healthy Butter Chicken

The beautiful Butter Chicken Sauce mostly gets its richness from cream. While some restaurants take it over the top by stirring in a (very!) generous amount of butter into the sauce at the end, I find that it’s rich enough as it is. The Butter Chicken flavour and experience – but less oily than restaurant versions!

The sauce will initially be a pale orange colour but as it simmers and thickens, the colour will deepen to a rich orange colour.

To make a proper Indian feast, sides and starters are essentials! Because every curry needs papadums for dunking and naan to scoop up the sauce with, right?

Slow Cooker Butter Chicken (easy Crockpot Recipe)

Readers have also asked for Vegetable Side options – to add some greens to a meal. Indian food doesn’t really have fresh side salads like in Western cuisine. Partly because so much Indian food is vegetarian, so you get plenty of veggies in your diet!

I hope this has inspired you to try your hand at making an Indian feast at home! You will honestly be amazed how much depth of flavour there is in the Butter Chicken despite how few ingredients are in it.

RECIPE VIDEO above. This is a Chef recipe and is one of the easiest Indian curries to make. The Butter Chicken Sauce is so good that you will want it on tap! Many restaurants take it over the top by adding copious amounts of ghee or butter into the sauce, but you'll find this rich enough as it is.

Butter Chicken With Gently Spiced Jasmine Rice

1. Garam Masala is a spice mix that is readily available at supermarkets nowadays. You will find it in the spice section and it costs around the same as other spices.

2. Pure chilli powder –This is not chili powder as Americans know it! American Chili Powder contains things other than ground dried chili. Use pure chili powder or cayenne pepper to add a spice kick. The spiciness is very mild.

3. Ghee is a clarified butter used in Indian cooking (see this Movie Popcorn Butter recipe for more info). For this recipe, it can be substituted with butter or almost any neutral flavoured cooking oil.

Butter Chicken Meatballs

4. Tomato passata is pureed tinned tomatoes. Nowadays it is readily available in supermarkets, usually alongside pasta sauces. It costs just a tiny bit more, sometimes the same, as canned tomatoes. Called Tomato Puree in America.

If you can’t find it, puree canned tomatoes using a blender. This will also work with what is called “Tomato Sauce” in America (Australia! Don’t use what we call Tomato Sauce!)

5. For a lighter version, use OR for a lighter version use 3/4 cup light cream + 1/4 cup milk (full fat or low fat)

Keto Butter Chicken

6. No Fry Quick Papadums – Place store bought raw papadums (which are really cheap – around $1 for a packet) in the microwave on the edge of the turntable. Then microwave for 45 seconds to 1 minute, or until puffed up. They will crisp up when they cool.

7. Adapted from a recipe by Luke Mangan, anAustralian chef and restaurateur. The only adjustments I made was to add salt (I am sure it was inadvertently omitted from his recipe) and providing the lighter option for the cream.

Serving: 310 g Calories: 402 cal (20%) Carbohydrates: 9.8 g (3%) Protein: 39.8 g (80%) Fat: 23.4 g (36%) Saturated Fat: 9.3 g (58%) Cholesterol: 193 mg (64%) Sodium: 928 mg (40%) Fiber: 0.9 g (4%) Sugar: 6.5 g (7%)

Indian Butter Chicken Recipe — Salt & Baker

Originally published July 2015. Updated for housekeeping matters and a new video added January 2019. But most importantly, Life of Dozer section added!

I believe you can make great food with everyday ingredients even if you’re short on time and cost conscious. You just need to cook clever and get creative!Made with lots of spices and ghee, this Easy Butter Chicken is bursting with flavor. It’s such a comforting, hearty meal with plenty of extra sauce to soak up in your rice or naan bread, you’ll be daydreaming about it long after the last bite!

Butter chicken is easily one of my favorite Indian dishes. I love the pieces of juicy chicken covered in a creamy, savory, and sweet sauce – even more when I can soak up all the extras with some freshly made naan bread.

Restaurant Style Butter Chicken Masala (murgh Makhani)

For those who say homemade butter chicken is a bit difficult or time-consuming to make, you’ll love this easier version of the classic Indian dish. The chicken requires just an hour to marinate (though longer is definitely better) and once you begin, dinner can be on the table in well under an hour. Trust me, this recipe is so easy that you can’t mess it up!

Butter chicken (murgh makhani) is a creamy curry dish from Northern India. As the name suggests, the sauce is made with butter (specifically clarified butter – aka ghee) which creates a rich sauce and traditional spices like garam masala, chili powder, and fenugreek leaves add a bold flavor. Tomato sauce is added to round out the sauce.

Butter chicken has a rich, savory, and sweet flavor. The butter and cream add richness, while the spices give it more of a traditional curry flavor, and the tomato sauce balances it all out with a hint of sweetness.

Creamy Butter Chicken & Herby Rice

Butter chicken and tikka masala are two chicken curry dishes that look and taste very similar. However, there are a few differences. While butter chicken is cooked in butter, tikka masala is primarily cooked in oil. Additionally, tikka masala is a bit spicier and contains onion in the tomato base.

Don’t be intimidated by the ingredients list – the majority are common spices that you can easily find at the store and everyday ingredients, like chicken breast and yogurt.

If you do not frequently cook Indian food, some of the ingredients on the list may be unfamiliar. If you’d like to make a few substitutions, here are some suggestions.

Easy Healthy Butter Chicken (murgh Makhani)

This homemade butter chicken recipe is much easier than you may expect. If you marinate the chicken in advance, you can have dinner on the table in under an hour.

The longer the chicken can sit in the marinade, the better the flavor. While an hour is the minimum and still results in a great flavor, I recommend longer if possible. We like to have it sit overnight in the fridge. (Note, I would not recommend more than 24 hours. 12 hours would be ideal.)

Butter chicken is typically served with cooked rice, like basmati rice or our curry rice. It pairs perfectly with our homemade naan bread to scoop up all the remaining sauce. If you have other favorite Indian sides, they’ll work great here too.

Easy Keto Butter Chicken Recipe

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Made with lots of spices and ghee, this Easy Butter Chicken is bursting with flavor. It's such a comforting, hearty meal with plenty of extra sauce to soak up in your rice or naan bread, you'll be daydreaming about it long after the last bite!

Tomato passata – Tomato passata is thinner than other tomato sauces and made with just cooked, strained tomatoes. If you can’t find it, canned tomato puree or plain tomato sauce (not flavored spaghetti sauce) will work as well.

Instant Pot Butter Chicken Recipe

Calories: 368 kcal | Carbohydrates: 6 g | Protein: 24 g | Fat: 28 g | Saturated Fat: 16 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8 g | Trans Fat: 0.02 g | Cholesterol: 174 mg | Sodium: 997 mg | Potassium: 390 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 4 g | Vitamin A: 898 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 69 mg | Iron: 2 mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products