Leslie's Butter Chicken
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Recipe: #7006
November 23, 2012
Categories: Dinner, Main Dish, Poultry, Chicken, Indian, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Quick Meals, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, Father's Day, Game/Sports Day, Sunday Dinner, Winter, Oven Bake, Stove Top, Diabetic, Gluten-Free, Low Fat, No Eggs, Sugar Substitute, Make it from scratch, Boneless Pieces, Spicy more
"This is my daughter's recipe. It is a very easy to put together. As a matter of fact I sometimes marinate the chicken and cook it off 2 days before making the sauce. So all that is left to do is making the sauce and cooking rice. As they say...easy peasy!"
Ingredients
- TANDOORI CHICKEN
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- SAUCE
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (284.2 g)
- Calories 491.4
- Total Fat - 25.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.4 g
- Cholesterol - 185.8 mg
- Sodium - 146.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 1.5 g
- Protein - 56.5 g
- Calcium - 192.9 mg
- Iron - 5 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step 1
For Chicken: In large bowl combine tandoori paste, lemon juice and yogurt; add chicken; mix well to coat.
Step 2
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Step 3
Preheat oven to 350F.
Step 4
Arrange chicken in large baking dish and pour marinating liquid over chicken.
Step 5
Bake for 20-25 minutes (if using thighs, cook a little longer; cool and debone).
Step 6
Sauce: In blender, combine sauce ingredients except butter & cream; process until smooth.
Step 7
In large saucepan, heat butter over medium heat.
Step 8
Stir in sauce and bring to simmer.
Step 9
Add cooked chicken and pan juices.
Step 10
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Step 11
Add cream and cook for 3 minutes to heat through; do not boil.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.