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Butter chicken

An easy mild curry for stress-free entertaining

An easy mild curry for stress-free entertaining

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Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour 20 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 6

Cooking Time

Price: £2.40 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 198g serving contains

Energy
2356kj
563kcal
28%
Fat
38.0g
High
54%
Saturates
21.0g
High
105%
Sugars
5.8g
Med
6%
Salt
0.66g
Med
11%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1190kj/284kcal

Ingredients

300ml pot Asda créme fraîche

4 tbsp tomato purée

1 level tbsp dried crushed chilli

3 level tbsp ground almonds

2 level tsp ground turmeric

3 level tbsp garam masala

2 level tsp ground cumin

6 chicken breast fillets, cut into bite-sized pieces

2 onions, chopped

2 level tsp Asda Easy Garlic

100g butter

6 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

Boiled basmati rice, to serve

Poppadums, to serve

Naan bread, to serve

Mango chutney, to serve

Method

1
Mix the créme fraîche with the tomato purée, chilli, almonds turmeric, garam masala, cumin and 2 tbsp water. Add the chicken and coat all the pieces. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
2
Cook the onions and garlic in 25g butter until soft.
3
Remove the chicken from the marinade, add to the pan with the onion and cook for 2 minutes, covered over a low heat. Add the marinade and the remaining butter and cook for 15-20 minutes.
4
Stir in the coriander and serve with rice, naan, poppadums and chutney.