No Butter Butter Chicken

Marinate chicken breast with the ingredients below for up to 4 hours.

Cook room temp. marinated chicken in a high heat pan. Only cook chicken 50% of the way through (about 4-5 mins) then transfer to a plate. The chicken will cook fully once added and simmered in the butter chicken sauce.

Now begin preparing your butter chicken sauce.

In the same pan as the chicken, add oil, red onion, tomato, garlic, ginger, cashews, tomato paste, butter chicken spice mix and cook for 2-3 mins on med high heat.

Add 1-2 cups of water (add more water for more gravy and less water for less gravy) + add more spices (red chilli, turmeric, garam masala, ground coriander)

Bring to a boil, simmer half uncovered on med low heat for 15 -20 mins.

Let the mixture cool completely before blending. Pour the blended mixture back into the pot through a fine mesh strainer for an ultra smooth sauce.

add the par-cooked chicken back to the gravy, bring to a boil and simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.

add 1/2 cup of coconut milk or 1/2 stick of butter, salt & pepper to taste.

Garnish with more coconut milk & fresh cilantro.