Easy Butter Chicken

This naturally Low Carb Butter Chicken Recipe is BOMB! I’ve cut out a lot of the unnecessary steps to make this meal easier to prepare without sacrificing flavor.

There are a lot of Butter Chicken recipes out there but so many of them include waaaaay too much butter and will leave you feeling less than terrific after the meal is over. This version is more dependent on spices and the cooking method. It’s all flavor baby….

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Butter chicken is an internationally LOVED dish and so much easier to make than I used to believe. In the interest of respecting your time I won’t go into the history of how this dish came to be. But, if your into that sort of thing you can read about it here….

🥘Ingredients:

Easy Butter Chicken Marinade

• 24 oz Chicken cut into bite sized pieces

Use boneless, skinless breast or thighs. I like to use breasts in this recipe since it’s served with such a sumptuous sauce.

• 1/2 cup greek yogurt *full fat – or sour cream

I use sour cream in place of yogurt on the regular because I don’t usually keep yogurt on hand.

• 2 tsp garlic granulated
• 1 tsp ginger ground
• 2 teaspoons garam masala
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• One teaspoon cumin ground
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Sauce

• ½ cup onion sliced o
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp ginger about a two inch piece
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 1 teaspoon coriander ground
• 1 ½ teaspoons cumin ground
• 14 oz Tomatoes diced or crushed
• 1 tsp red chili powder *to taste – I use a spicy indian chili powder.
• One tsp salt or to taste
• 1 tablespoon Allulose
• 2 tablespoons ghee or butter
• 1 cup heavy cream

For Cooking the Butter Chicken

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Optional Garnish (Highly Recommended)

• 1 tsp kasoori methi *to taste (Fenugreek Leaves)

👩🏾‍🍳How to make the Butter Chicken:

Easy Marinade

• Cut chicken into bite sized pieces.
• In a large ziplock bag, combine the yogurt and all of the spices for the marinade. Knead with your hands to combine.Add chicken and knead until all of the pieces are coated. Marinate for at least 30 minutes and overnight if time allows. The longer, the better.

Make the Sauce – this is an nontraditional method that works well:

I don’t know why a lot of recipe developers over complicate the methods. I’m all for it if it makes a taste difference. But in this case, there’s no reason to make this more complicated.

• Add all of the sauce ingredients EXCEPT ghee and heavy cream to a blender and blitz until smooth. Set aside.
• Pour the sauce in a medium sauce pan and simmer on medium/low for 10-15 minutes while you start browning the chicken. It will reduce and get deeper in color. Stir occasionally and TASTE it.

Adjusting the seasoning and heat to your liking is all up to you.

Put it together

1. Heat oil in a large skillet or wok pot over medium/high heat. When the oil shimmers, add chicken pieces.

2. Discard any marinade leftover in the bag.Fry chicken until browned for only few minutes on each side. The point is to get some browning on all of the pieces, not to worry about cooking all the way through. This is important to the flavor.

(Don’t worry, you’ll finish cooking the chicken to perfection in the sauce.)

3. Turn the heat off of the sauce and add the heavy cream and ghee.

4. Pour the sauce and kasoori methi over the top of the chicken and simmer on medium/low, stirring occasionally for another 10 minutes or so until simmering, thickened, hot and cooked through.

5. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with fresh, hot riced cauliflower or sides of choice.

🍽️Equipment

• Blender
• Large pan
• Chefs Knife

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📋Tips & FAQ’s:

Can I make this Butter Chicken recipe ahead of time?

Absolutely. The flavors deepen and it keeps well for 3-4 days at least.

But, it’s an easy recipe and if you are PLANNING to make it ahead of time for a busy week coming up, just make the sauce and keep it sealed in a jar until you’re ready to cook.

Can I freeze the sauce if I want to make a big batch?

Yes! You can freeze this sauce and use it when you like. Just don’t forget it’s about it…it’s too good for freezer burn.

For super quick meals on busy days we sometimes use organic Butter Masala Sauce from ThriveMarket. IT’S AMAZING, Keto friendly and you can get 25% off of your first order with them here.

Whats good with the Butter Chicken?

• Cauliflower Rice
• Miracle Rice
• Cucumber Raita
• Flat bread
• Coconut Leek Soup
• Golden Milk Smoothie
• Key Lime Cheesecake Truffles
• Strawberry Lemonade Tart (OMG)
• Easy Caprese Salad

Heavy, distinctive Indian dishes go amazingly well with fruity, tart desserts.

That’s it for the amazing Butter Chicken recipe!

I really hope that you try this recipe soon. You won’t regret it but you might be sad if you wait.

Caution: You are going to want to eat this all the time.

Someone in my house wanted to lick the pan clean…I’ll protect their identity for now but it happened and that isn’t a “thing” that happens at our table on the regular😎.

बाद में फिर मिलेंगे (Catch ya later),

Brandy

More Healthy Recipes to Love:

• Perfect Baked Chicken Breasts – Super Juicy
• Hunan Chicken
• Sticky Chicken
• Low Carb Chili WITH Beans

The nutritional information for the Low Carb Butter Chicken Recipe is provided as a courtesy.

We are pretty careful about our figures but if you ever feel like anything is off please feel free to do your own calculations.