American Style Butter Chicken

Name: American Style Butter Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mughlai (Delhi & Lahore)
Ingredients: 2 lb boneless chicken; 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste; 0.5 cup plain yogurt; 0.5 tsp salt; 0.5 cup butter; 0.5 cup oil; 0.5 cup ground raw cashew nuts; 1 sour cream (8 ounce); 0.5 tsp red chili powder; 1 cup tomato sauce

Chicken, yogurt and cashew nuts cooked in a pan and spiced with ginger and chilli for a South Asian dish.

40 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 10 min · Cook 30 min · 40 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste and salt. Let it sit for 10-20 minutes. Heat a skillet to Medium High and melt the butter.
20 min
2
Add chicken to the pan and cook until no longer pink. Remove pan from heat and set aside. In another pan, heat the oil and add cashews, sour cream, red chili powder, tomato sauce and the fried chicken.
3
Cook on Medium low heat until tender and the oil separates from the sauce. Serve hot over rice.