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Curry Legend Butter Chicken

Butter chicken (or murgh makhani) is a more sophisticated version of the ever popular chicken tikka masala. It has its origins in Northern India and consists of chicken marinated in spiced yogurt then cooked in a sauce rich with butter, tomato and spices.

To make this recipe, you'll need:

HALDI BLEND: 4 tsp

METHI BLEND: 1 tsp

MIRCHI BLEND: 2 tsp

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Book: How to Be a Curry Legend

Page number: 50

Effort: Medium effort

Serves: 4

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Origin: India

Shopping List

  • 500g diced chicken (thighs are best)
  • 2 cloves of garlic - finely chopped
  • Fresh ginger - finely chopped to make 1 tbsp
  • 2 tomatoes - roughly chopped
  • ½ lemon
  • 50g butter
  • 75g natural yogurt (full fat is best)
  • 50ml cream (any type)
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 tsp sugar

Blends Needed

HALDI BLEND: 4 tsp

METHI BLEND: 1 tsp

MIRCHI BLEND: 2 tsp

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Lydia M
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Butter chicken, pilau rice, and sizzling peppers and onions. Meal prep sorted!

The most perfect little meal prep tins we've ever seen! Great job, Lydia!

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Sam Rose

Made butter chicken with a side of Bombai potatoes. Recipe very easy to follow.

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Spicery Customer

This is without a doubt our favourite recipe in the Curry Legend book! It’s so creamy and rich, and the flavours are that deep and fresh that it easily rivals that of a restaurant! I love that all of the recipes can be easily veganised - we used mock chicken and vegan butter here to create this delicious dish.

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Carl Page

Butter Chicken, Saag Paneer, Paneer Matar and Tarka Dhal. I love my curry legend book. Have been making weekly feasts for 4 years and my wife and kids love it every time .

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Andy Telford

12/2/22 - tried to replicate the butter chicken with kachumber salad that my wife loved by doing the butter chicken from the curry legend book. Tasty but not as good

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Spicery Customer

Who says you can’t cook a curry whilst camping!

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Robin Anderson

Butter Chicken, Garlic and Coriander Rice, Coriander Raita and of course Naan Breads. Absolutely delicious! Makes a midweek evening feel like Saturday night.

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Esther Keen

We made Butter Chicken, Saag Aloo, Mango Chutney and Cucumber Raita. The family loved it!

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Jo Hadley

So here we made Ankapur chicken, cucumber raita, homemade samosas & kachumber (with home grown chillies) A very wet Saturday but well spent cooking good food. Absolutely delicious!

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Rachel Eppy

Lovely (and easy) butter chicken. Served with the tangy salad , pilau rice and homemade flatbreads.

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Richard Banks

Curry Legend in the making! The whole family love Butter Chicken, dare I say its probably our #1 Spicery Recipe (if we ever had to choose). We love the sophistication and simplicity! Thank you Spicery Team!

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Jenny Parker

Made butter chicken and the world’s easiest curry. Two fab dishes that go super well together! Used halloumi instead of paneer in the easy curry and worked a treat!

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Colin Holmes

Mid week treat at the “Holmes” household, butter chicken, butter veg curry, onion bhaji’s, pilau rice and naan’s…lovely…thanks

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David Smith

Been a huge fan of The Spicery over last 3 years, never had a bad recipe, everything has always amazed friends and family, our family firm fave of Butter Chicken, Bombay Potatoes and Onion Bhaji, and Basmati Rice.

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Jayne Freeman

Tastes lovely.

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Deborah Brown

So glad I made this delicious meal. After a full on week at work this was a pleasure to make and even better to eat. A perfect start to the weekend. Thank you guys

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Rob Mccabe

Once again authentic and outstanding. Combined with the Tarka Dal, Poppadoms and pickles.

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Huw O'neil

Other half's 2nd recipe... Thoroughly enjoyed...

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Rob Mccabe

No words, Friday night after a long week!

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Robin Anderson

It's been too long since I last made this, and it was even better than I remembered. I love the way the tomatoes seem to melt into the delicious, buttery sauce. It’s got a slight kick to it, too. It's a classic and utterly delicious. Thank you, Spicery!