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butter chicken so good you’ll lick the pot
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butter chicken so good you’ll lick the pot

Welcome to episode two of my series, All About the Fiber. And today we are making butter chicken, but with a little twist. Now, what if I told you there is white bean puree in the sauce? I promise you wouldn’t even be able to tell because the sauce turns out so creamy. Most of this recipe is identical to what’s already on the blog for the butter chicken. You’re going to make your marinade with some ginger and garlic paste, all your spices, and some yogurt. Cube up your chicken breast, toss that into the marinade, melt down some ghee, and then you’re going to sear your chicken until beautifully brown. Now, for the fun, but also crazy part. You’re going to add a whole can of white beans along with some milk to a blender until you have a thick sauce like that. Cook down your tomato paste and tomato sauce. Add the white bean puree to that along with some heavy cream. And then you’re going to toss back in your chicken and give that all a good stir. Then we’re going to add a light sprinkle of sugar. Finish it off with some butter and mix that in. Feel free to taste and adjust anything to your liking, such as if you want it more spicy, add more cayenne. Then just add a drizzle of yogurt and some cilantro on top to enjoy.

43 Comments

  1. @princess.creep.

    I'm autistic and have many texture issues when eating but because the sauce here is blended up this one is an absolute win for me 🙂 thank you for the amazing idea to sneak in fiber in such a tasty and "safe food" way

  2. @aelainem

    Yes! Especially during financial strain, we've embraced beans in our cooking, and the sauces are next level!

  11. @Tangobutton

    I often add a big blop of plain hummus into a pot of soup to make it less watery, so the white bean paste is logical!(1/4 early 1900's Maronite Lebanese here)

  12. @n1k01k0

    I make this dish on rotation for my family and until I used ghee it didn’t taste as expected. Also, a fist full of cashews thrown in the sauce before blending is SO GOOD. Never tried the bean method.

  18. @pyrophoenician9696

    Pléäsé dón't rúín a clässíc Indíän dísh like búttér chícken with mónstrósítíés líke whíté béän puree, especially if yóú're nót Indíän.

    Thís ísn't búttér chícken. It's búttér whíté béän chícken.

  24. @ririchen187

    I've been trying to incorporate more beans into my meals, so this is perfect timing! Love your recipes! ❤

  33. @z-nine66

    Where can I get the recipe? Just look at it make me drooling too much 🤤
    I wanna get it right now

  35. @arjparth80

    Also, you can blend kaju/ cashews or badam/ almonds to make a nut milk to use in the curry base to lessen the cream amount.
    Thanks.

  38. @nurulhudavijapurwala4936

    This is much much filled with butter and cream, ofcourse there's a use of butter in this dish however chicken has it's own fat too , it's not authentic if you wanna taste authentic one come to lakhnau

  41. @user-sm9oo7pi8e

    Unsubscribing because there is no recipe. You want to teach us how to cook without providing the list of ingredients? No thank you when you want us to really know your recipes I will subscribe.