Butter Chicken: A Recipe

I love butter chicken. It’s a comfort food and I always feel at home when eating it. Whenever I go out to Indian restaurants, I always order butter chicken (or paneer) and naan (though I do try new things). Butter chicken is something I’ll always come back to and I love it a lot.

Ingredients:

• 2 lb of boneless skinless chicken tenders, cut into big cubes
• 2 tbsp yogurt
• 1/2 tbsp oil
• 3/4 tsp salt
• around 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 2 small cloves of mashed garlic
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1 onion, sliced
• 3 large cloves of mashed garlic
• 1 inch mashed ginger
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp paprika
• 8 oz. canned tomato sauce
• 2 tomatoes, pureed
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• dried fenugreek (kasturi meethi)

Directions:

1. To marinate the chicken, add the yogurt, oil, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp garam masala, and the small cloves of garlic. Mix well, then add the chicken and coat it with the marinade. Cover and let marinate for 30 minutes.
2. Set Foodi to the Saute mode on hot. Add the butter and once it starts melting, add the onions. Saute until the onions start browning.
3. Add the large cloves of garlic (mashed) and the ginger (mashed). Also add 1/2 tsp of garam masala and the sugar. Cook for around a minute, stirring often.
4. Add the marinated chicken, paprika, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/8 tsp cayenne. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring often.
5. Add the tomato sauce and the pureed tomatoes and mix well. Put the pressure cooker lid on the Foodi and pressure cook on high for 4 minutes. Make sure it’s set on seal.
6. Release the pressure, then add the heavy cream and the fenugreek.
7. Enjoy!