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Chicken Makhani

Restaurant-quality chicken makhani using the BIR method — deep flavour from base sauce, cooked to order in minutes.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
12
Ingredients
8
Steps
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Requires G2Quick & clever — surprisingly authentic

G2 Quick Base Sauce

1200 ml (4 portions) · 10 minutes · Easy

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Key ingredients

½ of a 415 gm tin french onion soup (200 ml) · 1 tin (400 gm) tomato soup · 1 tbspn oil · ½ tspn salt · 1½ tspn garlic granules · 1½ tspn ground coriander · +2 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 - 2 tbspn oil
  • 1 portion g2 pre-cooked chicken
  • 1 tspn g2 makhani spice mix
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • 1 tspn fresh coriander (finely chopped )
  • ¼ tspn methi (1) (see note 1)
  • 30 gm unsalted butter
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 2)
  • 2 tbspn single cream
  • 1 tbspn tomato purée
  • ¼ tspn methi (2)

Method

  1. 1

    Finely chop the fresh coriander.

  2. 2

    Chop the butter into cubes.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the c41 makhani spice mix, chilli powder and methi (1), stirring, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  4. 4

    Add the tomato purée and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring, for , adding a little more c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  5. 5

    Add the c41 pre-cooked chicken, 80 ml of c46 base sauce and salt and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as required to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  6. 6

    Reduce the heat and stir in the finely chopped coriander and butter and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce if needed to maintain he desired sauce consistency.

  7. 7

    Reduce the heat some more and gradually add the cream, stirring, for and finally stir in the methi (2).

  8. 8

    Serve with rice and garnish with a swirl of cream (or yogurt) and a little freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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