Everything just tastes better in a clay pot even butter chicken! This version will help give your Friday-night curry a gut-friendly upgrade...
Everything just tastes better in a clay pot even butter chicken! This version will help give your Friday-night curry a gut-friendly upgrade.
Butter Chicken Clay Pot ingredients
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large brown onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3cmknob fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tsp garammasala
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½tsp ground coriander
- ½tsp ground cinnamon
- ½tsp ground turmeric
- ½tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp Celtic sea salt
- 750g boneless, skinless chicken thighs, halved or cut into pieces
- 1 bay leaf
- 400mL tomato passata
- 250mL coconut cream
- 100g roasted unsalted cashews, crushed or finely chopped
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Coriander leaves, to serve
- Cauliflower rice or cooked rice, to serve
Butter Chicken Clay Pot preparation
- Heat olive oil in large clay pot or heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Sauté onion for 3–4mins, or until softened. Add garlic and ginger and sauté for 1 min.
- Stir in ground spices and salt and sauté for about 2 mins, or until fragrant.
- Add chicken and cook, stirring frequently, for about 5 mins, before adding bay leaf, passata, coconut creamand cashews.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 20–25 mins, or until chicken is cooked through.
- Stir in lemon juice, scatter with coriander leaves and serve with cauliflower rice or your choice of accompaniments.
