Butter Chicken
- 3 pounds chicken, cut into pieces
- Water
- Blade of mace, or a pinch ground mace
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 lemon, peel grated
- 1 cup broth in which the chicken was cooked
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 lemon, cut into very thin slices, for garnish
- Gently poach the chicken in enough water to barely cover the pieces, together with the mace and salt.
- When done, cool to touch; remove the meat from the bones and cut into bite-size pieces.
- Melt the butter, add the chicken pieces, stir and fry for a few minutes.
- Add parsley, lemon juice, grated peel, and broth.
- Add some freshly ground, preferably white, pepper.
- Gently simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add cream and reheat the sauce but do not boil.
- If desired, the sauce could be further thickened with cornstarch or flour, but it is very good this way.
- Garnish your dish with the lemon slices.
- Serve with boiled potatoes, a mixture of peas and snow peas, and a salad.
chicken, water, mace, salt, butter, parsley, lemon juice, lemon, broth in which, freshly ground pepper, heavy cream, lemon
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/butter-chicken-recipe.html (may not work)