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Healthy Butter Chicken by 28bySamWood
Sam Wood

Woody's Healthy Butter Chicken

4.44 from 41 votes
Warm-up with my famous, healthy version of butter chicken. It's a healthy take on the traditional Indian takeaway everyone loves, proving great tasting food can be good for you.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Calories: 481.6
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the butter chicken
  • 4 tablespoons basmati rice
  • 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 250 g chicken thigh fillets cubed
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 red chilli small, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ginger minced
  • 1 teaspoon coriander ground
  • 1 1/3 teaspoon cumin ground
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup passata
  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 cups kale finely chopped
  • salt
  • pepper
For the garnish
  • 2 tablespoons fresh coriander roughly chopped
  • 1/2 lemon quartered

Method
 

Prepare the rice
  1. Bring saucepan of water to boil and prepare according to packet instructions.
  2. Once rice is cooked to your liking, drain and serve alongside the butter chicken.
Prepare the chicken
  1. Heat oil in fry pan over moderate heat.
  2. Add chopped onion, garlic, chilli and ginger.
  3. Stir until starting to soften.
  4. Add spices, cloves and bay leaf to the frypan and stir for a minute.
  5. Add chicken and stir until starting to brown.
  6. Pour in tomato passata, coconut cream and tomato paste.
  7. Stir and allow to simmer with lid on for 10 minutes.
  8. After 10 minutes, remove lid from the chicken, add kale, stir and continue to simmer uncovered for a further 15 minutes.
  9. Season the sauce to taste at this point.
  10. Simmer until rice is ready.
Garnish & serve
  1. Serve the rice and butter chicken in a bowl
  2. Top with fresh coriander and drizzle with fresh lemon juice if desired.

Notes

Serve with some rice or quinoa, and if you can't eat a curry without naan bread, why not try this healthy alternative to naan bread.