{"id":3061,"date":"2017-04-11T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2017-04-11T09:38:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:38:33","slug":"indian-butter-chicken-to-knock-your-socks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3061","title":{"rendered":"Indian Butter Chicken to Knock Your Socks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago Rosie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2630\" target=\"_blank\">mentioned<\/a>&nbsp;that I like to make Indian butter chicken, and a lot of you seemed <em>very<\/em> interesting in trying it. Since my house is tiny and I can&#8217;t have you all over, I decided to share the recipe with you instead as the second best option. This is the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/butter-chickenindian-chicken-in-tomato-cream-sauce-recipe\" target=\"_blank\">original recipe<\/a>&nbsp;but I adapted it to my taste since I don&#8217;t do very well at sticking to recipes. Please forgive the lack of pictures, which would probably horrify the Pioneer Woman. I was too busy tasting it every few minutes to remember to photograph the process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"o-Ingredients__a-SubHeadline\">Serves about 4.<\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"o-Ingredients__a-SubHeadline\">Spice Blend:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient00\">1 tablespoon garam masala seasoning<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient01\">1 1\/2 teaspoons ground ginger<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient02\">1\/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient03\">1\/4 teaspoon cayenne<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong>Salt to taste<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6 class=\"o-Ingredients__a-SubHeadline\">Sauce:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient10\">3 tablespoons butter<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient11\">1 large onion, chopped (about 1 cup)<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient12\">2 teaspoons jarred minced garlic<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient13\">1 tablespoon tomato paste<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient14\">1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient15\">1 (14 1\/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes in juice<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong>A couple cubed chicken breasts, more if you&#8217;re a meat lover, less if you are like me<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient18\">1\/3 cup heavy whipping cream<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItem\"><strong><label class=\"o-Ingredients__a-ListItemText\" for=\"Ingredient19\">Hot basmati rice, for serving (1 cup rice to 1.5 cups water makes it perfect and not mushy)<\/label><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fry the chicken lightly in a little butter, till it&#8217;s white. It doesn&#8217;t have to be completely cooked. Set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Melt the butter and cook the onion until it&#8217;s golden, then add the garlic, spices, and tomato paste. Stir it well for about a minute, and try not to consume it just yet even though it will smell heavenly.<\/p>\n<p>Add the remaining tomato products and the chicken. Cook until the chicken is done.<\/p>\n<p>Add the cream and admire how lovely it looks as it swirls into the red sauce. If you use more than 1\/3 cup, I will not judge you. You can eat it at this point, but I think it&#8217;s best if it simmers for a while and the flavors marry well. You can also probably throw this section away and add the ingredients in whatever order you jolly well please.<\/p>\n<p>Serve it over plain, long grain rice. If you&#8217;re lucky and have a roommate like me, she&#8217;ll make some smashing naan to go with it. It&#8217;s wonderful served with a side of peas, a dab of mango chutney, some plain yogurt, and naan of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago Rosie mentioned&nbsp;that I like to make Indian butter chicken, and a lot of you seemed very interesting in trying it. Since my house is tiny and I can&#8217;t have you all over, I decided to share the recipe with you instead as the second best option. This is the&nbsp;original recipe&nbsp;but I adapted it to my taste since I don&#8217;t do very well at sticking to recipes. Please forgive the lack of pictures, which would probably horrify the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3061\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88],"tags":[118,176,145],"class_list":["post-3061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-foodie","tag-indian-butter-chicken","tag-recipe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_0139-1.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8A8kG-Nn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8386,"url":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=8386","url_meta":{"origin":3061,"position":0},"title":"Day of Love and Friendship","author":"Rachel","date":"February 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy (almost) Valentine\u2019s Day, my friends! 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