Much Better Butter Chicken

Indulge your cravings with our delicately seasoned and flavourful butter chicken recipe. Easy to make, tasty, and healthy, this recipe is sure to become a new family favourite.

16

Ingredients

30

Minutes

4

Servings

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Ingredients Servings: 4

Directions

    STEP 1
  1. In a medium mixing bowl, add the chopped chicken, grapeseed oil, turmeric, brown sugar, salt and half of the ginger and garlic. Mix together to coat the chicken.
    2. STEP 2
  2. Add the chicken to a non-stick pan over medium heat. Let the chicken cook for about 6 minutes, or until it is no longer pink in the center. Remove the chicken from the pan and place it to the side.
    3. STEP 3
  3. Coat the pan in cooking spray, add onions and the rest of the ginger and garlic. Saut‌é for about 4 minutes or until the onions start to turn golden.
    4. STEP 4
  4. Add the tomato paste, water, chile flakes, cumin seeds, buttermilk, cornstarch and cooked chicken to the pan. Let all the ingredients simmer in the pan for a few minutes or until the sauce thickens. Add in kasuri methi and garam masala to taste. Serve with bulgar wheat.
Recipe

Nutrition

Did you know that traditional butter chicken recipes can have upto 620 calories, 42.9g of protein, 29.9g of fat and 34.9g of carbs? Thats a lot! Check out the nutritional information below to see why our recipe makes for much better butter chicken.

  • 258 Calories

    By following healthy cooking techniques, using healthy substitutions and practicing portion control, our recipe cuts down on over half the calories per serving.

  • 22.2g of Protein

    Our much better butter chicken uses lean white chicken as our main protein source. It's also lower in fat and calories.

  • 5.75g of Fat

    High amounts of saturated fats increase blood cholesterol levels and risk of heart disease. Our recipe swaps out vegetable oil, ghee and heavy whipping cream for grapeseed oil, cooking spray and buttermilk to reduce the amount of saturated fats.

  • 30.8g of Carbs

    Instead of eating your butter chicken with white rice, we recommend using bulgar wheat. Bulgar is a much healthier, low calorie alternative that is high in protein and fiber.

How We Do It