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Instant Pot Butter Chicken offers quality restaurant-style butter chicken in the comfort of your own home. When you’re in Indian food mode, make some butter chicken! A fragrant and creamy sauce turns a stained piece of chicken into a delicious treat. For those who order it in a restaurant, chicken butter is valuable for its rich texture and delicious spices. I usually prepare this chicken recipe on the top of the stove, however, it can be prepared in a quick pot with just a few adjustments. To make sure that the lean chicken is moist and tender, cut the whole pieces into pieces, then throw them in the sauce.

What is Instant pot butter chicken?

Butter Chicken is an Indian specialty dish that you can find in most Indian restaurants around the world. In traditional preparation, chicken is served overnight in Greek yogurt and thick spices. Then add chopped onion, freshly chopped garlic, ginger and spices and butter. The sauce is based on tomatoes. As the butter cooks the chicken, the sauce dissolves with the spices. Butter chicken is finished with heavy cream and more butter for a creamy texture.
With this recipe, I’m giving you a simple recipe for homemade butter chicken that is ready in instant pot.

You can also try our following chicken recipes:

Butter chicken serve with

You can serve deliciously home made Instant pot butter chicken with:

Naan
Rice
Samosas

The origin of butter chicken

The story of how the butter chicken was invented is as interesting as the dish itself. Butter chicken originated in Delhi, the capital of India, sometime during the 1950s. Meanwhile, a man named Kundan Lal Gujral runs a restaurant in the city called Moti Mahal. Kundan had settled in another part of India after escaping political turmoil and started his own business. Moti Mahal was a success, serving many delicious tandoori dishes especially butter chicken (the tandoor is a circular clay oven), and it can be found in any Indian restaurant with its salty price.

Kundan’s restaurants quickly became a popular attraction in Delhi, and it wasn’t long before the butter chicken spread all over the world, to be enjoyed by people from all walks of life.

Recipe for Instant pot butter chicken

Instant pot butter chicken

Recipe by Mubashrah khalidCourse: chicken recipesCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Calories

438

kcal

Total time

hour

minutes

Instant pot butter chicken is just like restaurant like tasty home made quality butter chicken

Ingredients

For the chicken:
300 grams of boneless chicken without bones
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
1 tablespoon red pepper powder
Salt to taste
Oil in the pan
For the gravy:
500 grams approximately tomato pieces
Cut about 100 grams of onion
1 tablespoon garlic paste
50 grams of cashews
1 tablespoon Kasuri methi
1/2 teaspoon hot spices
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons kashmiri chili powder
5 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons cream
2 tablespoons malt vinegar / 1.5 tablespoons white vinegar
Salt to taste

Directions

Marinate the chicken with the ginger paste, garlic paste, red chili powder, and salt and set aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
In a pan over medium heat, fry the marinated chicken pieces in some oil, once the chicken is done place in a bowl.
In the same pan, add the onion, oil, a tablespoon of butter and once the onions are cooked, add the tomatoes and cashews.
Add a little water and garlic paste, salt, malt vinegar, sugar, hot spice powder, and chili powder. Evenly mix it and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Finely chop the mixture.
Drag it back into the same pan to make sure there is minimal waste.
Add butter, cream, chicken, and Kasuri methi and let it simmer for 5-7 minutes.
Garnish it with cream and Kasuri methi
Instant pot Butter chicken is ready to serve!