Here is our butter chicken recipe that’s so creamy and savoury you’ll drool just thinking about it. Butter chicken is a Malaysian favourite, and everyone knows why! It is fragrantly fried chicken coated with a silky smooth sauce with a hint of spice that goes perfectly with rice. You could even eat the rice with the sauce alone! Read on to check out our butter chicken recipe below.
Meal: Lunch, Dinner Cuisine: Malaysian
Preparation time: Cooking time: Total time: Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
500g of chicken breast
6.3g of curry powder
5ml of soy sauce
5.7g of salt
2.4g of ground white pepper
1 egg
Cooking oil for frying
For Batter
97g of cornflour
80g of rice flour
For Buttermilk Sauce
40g of salted butter
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 bird’s eye chillies
2 sprigs of curry leaves
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
354ml of evaporated milk
30ml of condensed milk
30ml of water (optional)
Equipment
2 large bowls
1 large wok
1 large skimmer
Paper towel
1 frying pan
Directions
Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.
Marinade the chicken with curry powder, soy sauce, salt, and ground white pepper in a large bowl. Mix well, add the egg and mix again.
Next, mix the rice flour and cornflour in a large bowl.
Dip the marinated chicken pieces into the flour mixture and coat evenly on all sides – dust off any excess flour.
Pour enough cooking oil into the large wok and heat it over medium to high heat.
Start frying the chicken in batches once the cooking oil is hot enough.
Fry each batch for three to four minutes or until golden brown. Do not overcrowd the wok or the chicken will be soggy.
Fish out the fried chicken pieces with a large skimmer and drain them on a paper towel.
Fry the butter, minced garlic, and bird’s eye chilli in the frying pan for around 1 minute.
Remove the curry leaves from its stalk and add them into the frying pan, along with salt and pepper to taste.
Add in evaporated and condensed milk and let it simmer for around 1 minute.
Add water to make it saucier (optional).
Lastly, add the fried chicken pieces to the sauce and toss them to coat evenly on all sides.
Note: the sauce will thicken when it cools down.
Butter Chicken Recipe Tips
To make the best butter chicken you can, try marinating the chicken overnight to allow the flavours to penetrate the chicken! We also recommend using boneless chicken thighs instead of chicken breast for a more tender and juicy bite. Although, the latter does have fewer calories. A big fan of the sauce? You can keep the sauce and substitute the chicken with other ingredients like prawns, firm tofu, or fish.
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