Name: Instant Pot Butter Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. vegetable oil; 1 tbsp. butter; 1 large onion, diced; 2 tsp. freshly grated ginger; 5 cloves garlic, crushed and roughly chopped; 1 (6-oz.) can tomato paste; 2 lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1" pieces; 1 tbsp. garam masala; 1 tsp. paprika; 1 tbsp. granulated sugar; 1 tsp. ground cumin; 1/2 tsp. turmeric; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 3/4 c. heavy cream; Rice, for serving; Naan, for serving; Yogurt, for serving; Cilantro, for serving

Instant Pot Butter Chicken is a one-pot curry wonder: garam masala and a handful of bright spices make this a savory masterpiece.

Instant Pot Butter Chicken

vegetable oil

butter

onion,

ginger

garlic,

tomato paste

lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1" pieces

tbsp. garam masala

paprika

sugar

cumin

turmeric

Kosher salt

black pepper

heavy cream

Rice,

Naan,

Yogurt,

Cilantro,

Excellent recipe - the blend of spices are so aromatic and delicious. Altered recipe with the following- added 3/4 cup water after sautéing and scraping pot- doing so did prevent the burn notice from coming on. I did not have fresh ginger so I used a heaping tsp ground ginger. Will make this over and over again!!! Served it with cilantro , green onion and 2 tbsp Greek plain yogurt over rice with sweet peas.

This recipe is fantastic, it does need more liquid, and easy fix. But if you’ve had butter chicken this homemade recipe is sure to please all! My husband and I are hooked. I add more spice just to kick it up and use fresh ginger instead of ground

This was delicious. My family loved it. It had a great taste. I added a little bit more liquid due to the comments and I was worried but when I opened it had lots of liquid so I don’t think it was needed. I also followed the recipe exactly. Very good and I would be making it again because the taste was good.

I actually really enjoyed this recipe! It looks like the water will not cover the chicken at first, but whenever it comes out of the pot the paste looks really watery and not thick at all. I added a cup more of water, but could have added less. If you think 5 minutes is too little, don't. I did 5 minutes prepared to cook it more but it came out perfectly tender and nice. This recipe really reminded me of chicken tikka masala, and it was just as good as how I would get it from the restaurant. Try it out, you won't regret it!

I definitely had to add water. I dont know who made it this way, but i feel a couple steps are missing. After having to mess with it 100 times and got my own way of doing it, the mixture (recipe) was okay. Definitely had better though.

This was OK, as others mentioned it needed more water (wished I'd read the comments first).  Main issue is, that it's not really butter chicken, although it was still tasty.

Two problems.. First, even with more water the burn warning kicked in (can you ignore that and let it go?).  I had to add even more water. That resulted in a rather soupy sauce.
Second, it is way too mild. I would say 1 on the usual 1-5 Indian restaurant scale. Needs some fire.
I may stick to the traditional method for this dish.

The taste is superb, just encountered the burnt pot problem, maybe u can add a bit more water, just a bit, enjoy with nan, the taste exactly the same when eating out.

Its just such a horrible recipe, taste is good but not enough water, at all.

This recipe needs to be adjusted .  I got a “burn” alert also and I added 1 cup of water and scraped the bottom . 👎🏻

Video doesn't match the text, following the text the food got burnt.

Overall, tasted great. However 1/2 cup water is not enough. I had the burn warning kick in and had to add another 1/4 cup. Aside from that, great recipe and simple to make.

I only had half and half, which I only used 1/4 cup and a few tablespoons of low fat plain yogurt.  I added a few more teaspoons of butter, and about 1/3 cup of sour cream.  Sour cream has less fat and calories that butter or cream.  Really gave it that richness it was missing.  I also added some heat afterward cause I like a little kick.   It was then perfect.  Overall, this is a great recipe and I will be making it again.

Great flavor but I also got a burn warning due to lack of liquid

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You'll love this set it and forget it weeknight dinner recipe.

Instant Pot Butter Chicken

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total: 1 hours, 20 minutes

Servings: 5

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