Butter Chicken - Quick Recipe

In keeping with my belief that cooking should be fast and easy—otherwise it just won’t get done—I’ve taken traditional butter chicken recipes and greatly simplified them. One major change is eliminating the marination step for the chicken, which I’ve found to be a huge time waster. In my experience, the result is just as delicious without it.

Ingredients

Directions

In a large pot sauté the onions and garlic in olive oil (it's more healthy than butter), and puré in a blender with the tomatoes, and set aside.

sauté the ginger in the same pot with olive oil for 30 seconds and then add all the spice, salt and chicken. Under medium heat brown the chicken, while mixing with the spices for about 5 minutes. Note that browning the chicken with the spices, is a way to quickly infuse flavor into the chicken without marinating it.

Add the puréed onions and tomatoes to the chick in the large pot, and simmer for 30 minutes to 2 hours. The longer you simmer, the more flavorful the sauce and tender the chicken.

Serve on top of rice, garnished with fresh cilantro.