butter chicken 

had excellent indian food at chat masala recently with some RI friends on 10.7.2017.

thought of making some indian dishes myself for my friends.

a friend mentioned on whatsapp chat that she tried out with dancing chef butter chicken mix. so i decided to get a packet myself & tried out butter chicken this evening on 24.8.2017. ^^

butter chicken 

it was quite an excellent dish.

i don’t know butter chicken & the herbs enough yet to discern if how authentic it was & whether some herbs taste were missing. but as a dish, it was very good tasting. very unhealthy too, lots of ghee (i used lard) & butter.

dancing chef butter chicken mix 

i followed the dancing chef recipe at the back of the packet-

1. clean drain chicken (i used 1./2 deboned chicken so about 500g+)
2. then marinate chicken pieces for 30mins
3. fry 1 whole chopped onion in ghee (i used lard) till soften
4. add chicken & 2 tbsp butter (30g) & stirfry
5. add 1/2cup  water, bring to boil, cover, simmer & reduce for 5mins. take out the other chicken pieces & cook the wings for another 5mins.
6. add  back the chicken pieces & add 3tbsp yogurt, 2tbsp whipped cream & 1 tsp sugar.
7. reduce and taste. add coriander & serve.

butter chicken 

chicken was tender & sweet, curry was tasty & creamy & silky smooth.

butter chicken 

simply heavenly!

butter chicken 

and very sinful i guess….haha!

butter chicken 

using the premix, making this dish was quite a breeze.

while a recipe using the individual herbs & spices was also not difficult, it requires much more effort to get the herbs & spices (some of which i will hardly use) for a dish i seldom cook.

so the premix made a lot of sense when with 10% the effort, the dish nevertheless tasted wonderful.

now i have to find out if i can make chicken biryani, rogan josh & kerala fish curry by using some premix, then i can put together an indian dinner for my friends…

c.h.e.f andy

Ingredients:

• 1/2 chicken (deboned)
• 1 packet dancing chef butter chicken spice premix
• 1 large yellow onions (or 2 red onions)
• 1 tbsp ghee (or I use lard)
• 2tbsp butter
• 3tbsp plain yogurt
• 2tbsp whipping cream
• 1/2 cup water

Directions:

1. clean drain chicken (i used 1./2 deboned chicken so about 500g+)
2. then marinate chicken pieces for 30mins
3. fry 1 whole chopped onion in ghee (i used lard) till soften
4. add chicken & 2 tbsp butter (30g) & stirfry
5. add 1/2cup  water, bring to boil, cover, simmer & reduce for 5mins. take out the other chicken pieces & cook the wings for another 5mins.
6. add  back the chicken pieces & add 3tbsp yogurt, 2tbsp whipped cream & 1 tsp sugar.
7. reduce and taste. add coriander & serve.