Butter Chicken

Many versions of the recipe exist come (with or without bones) is marinated overnight in  a spice mixture and cook with a yogurt or cream. I love giving you a new recipe from another country and this recipe is from India and these spices will blow you away.Remember you can add curry to this dish... but just add a little.

These spices are the key ingredients for this butter chicken recipe

What is cardamom it is a common ingredient in Indian cooking. Cardamom has a strong unique taste with an strong aromatic fragrance. Black cardamom has is smokey flavor black and it is not bitter to taste it has wonderful peaceful aroma with a  touch of coolness similar to mint.

Green cardamom is one of the most expensive spices by weight, but just a little is needed for flavor. It is best stored in pod form because once the seeds are open or ground  they quickly lose their flavor.

Cardamon Bush

Cumin

 Cumin Bush

Cumin Has Great Powers

Cayenne Pepper

Cayenne Pepper Bush

You can grow them in your gardening very easy

Recipe For Butter Chicken:

Chop up 2 cloves of garlic. salt and black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste,1 teaspoon each cardamom and cumin

Placing everything in a large bowl Chicken breasts, garlic, all the spice and using the whole juicy of lime. covering the bowl place it in refrigerator for 3 hours.

After marinating the chicken, add chopped onion and 1 stick butter to a frying pan

Let chopped onions sweat to golden not burn

Adding 4 chicken breasts to the pan.

Cook the chicken for a 2 mins on both sizes

Pour in the 2 cups can tomato sauce and 1 1/2 cup can diced tomatoes cover for 30 mins

Pour in a pint half and half or 1 cup plain yogurt 

Stir very well until mixed... cashew paste can also be added, and will make the gravy thicker

Turning chicken breast over and over until well coated, Serve with your favorite Rice