Easy butter chicken

Name: Easy butter chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3–4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and cut into 2cm/¾in chunks; 6 green cardamom pods; pinch dried fenugreek leaves; 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 tsp sunflower oil; 1 tsp garam masala; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp paprika (not smoked); ½ tsp flaked sea salt; ¼ dried flaked chillies; 2 tbsp butter; 2 garlic cloves, finely grated; 15g/½oz fresh root ginger, finely grated; ½ tsp garam masala; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves; pinch dried chilli flakes; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 1½ tbsp tomato purée; 100ml/3½fl oz double cream; pinch flaked sea salt

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:30min

Romy Gill's quick and easy butter chicken recipe is perfect for two, but you can easily scale it up. Cooking the chicken in a hot oven gives it a slightly smoky charred flavour, but you can also use the grill or air fryer to do this. Each serving provides 858 kcal, 66.4g protein, 10.5g carbohydrate (of which 8.8g sugars), 60.7g fat (of which 28.9g saturates), 1.8g fibre and 1.75g salt.

Updated at: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:30:18 GMT