Butter Chicken
- 3 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt
- 1 teaspoon indian chili powder
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 12 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 34 cup butter
- 34 cup whipping cream
- tandoori chicken: with a sharp knife, make regular slits in chicken.
- rub salt into chicken and put in a large bowl to hold all the pieces in a single layer.
- Combine chili powder, pepper, ginger, garlic and paprika in a bowl, add yogurt and lemon juice and stir to blend.
- Pour over chicken and marinate for 10-12 hours in fridge.
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Remove chicken from marinade (reserve marinade) and put on a wire rack over a pan and bake for 35-45 minutes.
- remove from oven and cut in 1" cubes.
- Butter Chicken: in a saute pan melt butter.
- add reserved marinade and whipping cream and heat thoroughly to a temperature of a least 140F.
- for 2 minutes.
- Do not boil.
- Stir in cubed chicken and heat through.
- serve with basmatti rice.
chicken breasts, salt, indian chili powder, black pepper, ground ginger, garlic, paprika, plain yogurt, lemon juice, butter, whipping cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/butter-chicken-67906 (may not work)