This recipe is inspired by Jo Whitton from Far North Queensland, who writes a very popular food blog called Quirky Cooking. She also has a cookbook of the same name, a podcast called 'A Quirky Journey', about 250,000+!!! Facebook followers, home schools her four kids, travels and speaks at wellness and cooking seminars - what a woman! We hope you enjoy her super popular butter chicken as much as we do!
Fresh and local ingredients sourced from WA farms and local Perth suppliers.
Get startedPrepare Ingredients:
Chop onion into small dice. Peel and mince garlic and ginger. Small dice chili if using.
Start Butter Chicken:
Heat a large heavy based, high sided pot to medium heat. Add butter, onion, garlic, ginger and chili using as much or as little as desired then sauté until soft; about 5 to 10 minutes. In the meantime, cut chicken into bite size pieces, about 2 cm thick.
Start Butter Chicken:
Add spice mix, ¾ coconut cream stir can before adding, tomato paste, a few squeezes of lemon juice and chicken. Mix well to combine. Cover and reduce heat to gently simmer, for 20-30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and sauce is beginning to thicken. Stir now and then. Taste, and season as required.
Cook Cauliflower "Rice":
In the meantime, remove and discard the core of the cauliflower, then finely chop using a food processor or a knife. In a pan, add cauliflower and up to ½ cup water. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the cauliflower has softened, the water is absorbed and is cooked to your liking. Season with salt and pepper.
Prepare Vegetables:
Cut carrots into ½ cm rounds. Steam or boil broccolini and carrots until cooked to your liking. If boiling, add carrots to a pot of boiling water, after 1 minute add broccolini. Cook for 1 minute more.
You Plate It:
Divide cauli rice, vegetables and butter chicken between plates. Spoon over extra sauce as desired. Enjoy!
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