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Keto Butter Chicken

Tender, creamy and buttery keto Butter Chicken.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Fakeaway, Indian, Keto, Takeaway
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 468kcal

Ingredients

Marinade

  • 1 Medium Onion roughly chopped
  • 1 Medium sized Tomato roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp fresh Coriander chopped
  • 2 cm piece fresh Ginger roughly chopped
  • 3 Garlic Cloves roughly chopped
  • 2 tsp Tomato Puree
  • 2 tsp Garam Masala
  • 1 tsp Chilli Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 120 ml Double Cream

Main Ingredients

  • 600 g Chicken Thighs skined, boned and cut into bitesize pieces
  • 55 g Ghee or Butter
  • 5.5 g fresh Coriander chopped for serving
  • 40 ml Double Cream to serve

Instructions

Marinade

  • Put all of the marinde ingredients into a food processor, less the cream and blend until smooth. Add the cream and blend slighlty as to not thicken the cream.
  • Add the marinade to the chicken cover and place into the fridge for 20 minutes.

Cook

  • Heat half of the butter in a large saute pan over a medium to high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and reserve the remaining marinade. Place the marinaded chicken into the hot pan and fry for between 5 and 10 minutes until browned on both sides. Don't be afraid to let the chicken get some good colour.
  • Pour the remaining marinade and butter into the pan, turn down to simmer and cover for about 15 minutes.
  • Once cooked season with a little more salt to taste.

Serve

  • Serve drizzled with the cream and chopped fresh coriander and with some Spiced Roasted Cauliflower and Saag Paneer to complete a perfect Keto Indian dinner.

Notes

This recipe was derived from Diet Doctor.
The calories are a guide calculated using myfitnesspal so may not be 100% correct.