

You’ll have plenty of the second sauce to keep the food moist and provide enough sauce.
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Zip the bag closed and work the mixture into the chicken until all incorporated, then refrigerate overnight.
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It is full of delicious yet easy flavors.


If you are making this outside of the U.S. Half and half is a product sold in the United States that is literally just half heavy cream and half whole milk. Instead I used yogurt and half and half, which give you the nice creaminess you are looking for without the heavy cream. There will still be lots of sauce left perfect for covering rice and dipping naan.Ī lot of Butter Chicken recipes call for cream, but I opted out in this version. Allow the sauce to simmer, cooking down for 10 minutes. Stir in tomato puree, tomato paste, lemon juice, yogurt and half and half. Now add in the garam masala, chili powder, salt and black pepper. You want them to just cook on the outside but there is no need to cook them all the way through as they will finish cooking with the sauce. These bite sized pieces of chicken will only need a minute or two. After the butter is melted, add in the garlic and ginger and cook until just fragrant. Allowing them to cook down first prevents the chicken from over cooking and the garlic from burning. One of the keys to this recipe is to really let the onions cook down first before you add anything else.
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