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Michael Van de Elzen's 'butter' chicken

Publication: NZ Woman's Weekly

NZ Woman's Weekly

Ratings: 2.8 / 5 FROM 4

Michael Van de Elzen's 'butter' chicken

2.8 / 5 FROM 4

This is my take on New Zealand’s most popular curry. I found many butter chicken curries were just too sweet and lacking in spice or flavour.

Ingredients

6 Boneless chicken thighs
3 Tbsp Tomato puree
1 tsp Mild chili powder
4 Tbsp Low-fat yoghurt
1 tsp Vegetable oil
1 tsp Ginger
1 Garlic clove
2 Shallots
3 Tbsp Curry powder
3 Chopped tomatoes
1 cup Peach
1 cup Low-fat yoghurt
400 ml Coconut cream
3 Tbsp Almond butter

Directions

  1. Mix chicken cut into thin strips, tomato puree, chilli powder and yoghurt together and marinate for 1 hour. Drain.
  2. Heat a heavy-based frying pan, add chicken and brown on all sides. Set aside.
  3. For the sauce: Heat oil in the heavy-based frying pan, add chopped ginger and chopped garlic and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add finely chopped shallots and cook for a further minute. Add curry powder and cook for another minute. Add tomatoes and peeled peaches and cook for 1 minute. Add coconut cream, yoghurt and almond butter and simmer for a further 4 minutes.
  4. Add cooked “butter” chicken to sauce and reheat thoroughly.
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Comments

  • can2nz
    can2nz
    added 1278 days ago

    I made this recipe on Sunday. It was not the red creamy sauce shown in the photo. It tasted ok. I will keep looking for a better recipe.

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  • EuKiwi
    EuKiwi
    added 1347 days ago

    What a pile of rubbish, as soon as you see 'curry powder' in a recipe for Butter Chicken, or Murgh Makhni, you know something has gone horribly wrong. I DO agree that some NZ butter chickens are too sweet, but that doesn't justify raping the dish.

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  • smitster
    smitster
    added 1347 days ago

    this is just too weird. I have a much better recipe for butter chicken

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  • youngstar
    youngstar
    added 2117 days ago

    Love the CL Narvik bowl

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