Butter Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 lb melted butter
• 1 (20 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/4 liter whipping cream
• water
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
• minced red chili peppers or green chili pepper (according to taste)
• minced ginger, sauted (according to taste)
• fresh cilantro
• chicken breasts marinated in tandoori paste (found in indian markets or ethnic section)

Recipe

• 1 cook marinated chicken on barbeque or oven.
• 2 cut into chunks once done.
• 3 melt the butter.
• 4 add in tomato sauce, salt, sugar, pepper, parsley and whipping cream.
• 5 bring mixture to a boil, stirring often.
• 6 add water according to desired thickness.
• 7 mixture should not be runny or too thick- should be thick enough to coat a spoon.
• 8 add in garlic powder, chili pepper(s) and ginger powder, stir.
• 9 add chicken chunks to mixture.
• 10 stir in sauted ginger and fresh cilantro.
• 11 these are optional ingredients, adjust use according to taste.
• 12 stir mixture until chicken is thoroughly coated.
• 13 remove from heat.
• 14 butter chicken is traditionally eaten with an indian bread called'naan'.
• 15 it can also be eaten on a bed of rice.