30 minute easy butter chicken-style curry. A delicious mix of deep flavors and a variety of textures. It’s funky, quick and delicious, especially when topped with scallions and pistachios. Serve with basmati rice or buttered naan. This spicy creamy dish is great for any weeknight.
The secret to any good curry is the sauce. We add a well-balanced combination of spices that nicely blend together. The sauce is untraditionally made extra creamy with coconut milk and enriched with butter.
Also, feel free to add extra chili at the end, if you want some extra heat. Serve with a fresh cucumber salad drizzled with a yogurt dressing.
Let me guide you through the recipe with this. step-by-step VIDEO.
RECIPE NOTES
- instead of chicken fillets, you can use skinless, boneless thighs
- you can make this dish vegetarian by using cauliflower instead of chicken
- add some extra veggies to the sauce, like spinach or broccoli
- we add 1 tablespoon of butter at the end, but this is optional. Stirring butter into the sauce adds a top note of smoothness
- if you want to make a more traditional recipe, use heavy or thickened cream. For a more healthy dish and to save calories, use unsweetened full fat coconut milk
More curry, please!
COOKING VIDEO
Calories Per Serving: 589 kcalEasy Butter Chicken Curry
Ingredients
chicken
sauce
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Instructions
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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Red curry paste is Thai isnt it? And isn’t butter chicken Indian? I don’t think coconut milk is used in butter chicken either. Looks delicious though not authentic.
Correct, it’s untraditionally made creamy with coconut milk. I always try to make recipes with a twist. Hope you love it!
This is absolutely amazing! Best butter chicken ever, and now I want to try everyting on your site.
Next up I’m trying the thai coconut curry meatballs. I love thai food, and I’ve never considered turning those flavors into meatballs, so exciting.
Thank you so much!
I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe, thanks for making it! I hope you love the thai meatballs as well. Happy cooking!
Recipe looks great and I’ll definitely make it once I get all the ingredients.
Please note the noun is marinade, but the verb is marinate!
Thank you for noticing, it’s fixed. Hope you love the recipe!
Love your recipes! I want to make them all! My son doesn’t like coconut milk however, can I replace this with something else?
Thank you!!!
That’s so nice to hear! So happy you are enjoying the recipes.
You can replace the coconut milk with cream 20% fat or half-and-half. Happy cooking!
Thank you! I will try it!
Definitely delicious. I used cream and cilantro (not coriander). Added some red chilis for heat and sprinkled sunflower seeds on top. One of your best❤️. Thank you.
Fantastic ! I’m so thrilled that you enjoyed this recipe, thanks a lot for giving it a try!
This is SOOO Good!! This is definitely going into our rotation. Super economical as we had leftovers for a second meal and a lunch. I made extra sauce and served with rice, sautéed kale and steamed broccoli with tzatziki on the side. Everyone needs to try this recipe!
Hi Diane, thanks so much for giving this recipe a try and sharing your feedback! I love to hear that it was a winner!