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Easy Butter Chicken From Scratch |Marion's Kitchen
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By Claire Beaumont, the Technique desk · Australia · 1 min ·

Easy Butter Chicken From Scratch |Marion's Kitchen

50g (1.7 oz) butter

1 cinnamon stick

  • 1 tbsp finely grated ginger

2 garlic cloves, finely grated

  • 250ml (9 oz) tomato puree or tomato passata
  • ½ tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder*
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sea salt

1 x rotisserie chicken, breast meat cut into 3cm (just over 1 inch) chunks*

  • ½ cup cream
  • 2 tbsp natural yoghurt mixed with 2 tsp water, to serve

dried mint or kasoori methi*, to serve

naan or roti bread and/or rice, to serve

finely sliced red onion, to serve

finely sliced green chilli, to serve

lime wedges, to serve

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