Cream Chicken Recipe

If you are a non-vegetarian, you won’t be able to resist cream chicken. This easy-to-make Punjabi dish is packed with an array of proteins, essential fats and other nutrients. Extremely healthy to eat, cream chicken can become your favourite dish if cooked in the right manner. This delectable dish can make you say no to visiting restaurants and ordering non-veg food if someone at your home has cooked cream chicken. Here is the easy step-by-step recipe of cream chicken provided by Foodesti.

Ingredients for Cream Chicken Recipe

Chicken (Boneless): 8 Pieces

Curd (whisked): 2 Cups

Chillies (slit): 4 Green

Cream: ½ Cup

Kasturi Methi (crushed): 1 Tsp

Ginger-Garlic Paste: 2 Tsp

Salt and Pepper to Taste

Cardamom Powder: ¼ Tsp

Butter: 2 Tsp

Green Onions (sliced): 2

Coriander (chopped + for garnish): 2 Tsp

Method to make Cream Chicken Recipe

Take a bowl and add 1 cup curd, ginger-garlic paste, pepper, salt, cardamom powder and 2 green chillies in it. Mix these ingredients well and then add chicken pieces in the mixture.

Cover the prepared mixture and let it marinate for at least 2 hours.

Now take a pan and heat 1 tsp butter keeping the flame on medium. Add the remaining green chillies and saute for around 20 seconds. After that, add the marinated chicken and the marinade in the pan.

After stirring the chicken nicely, add remaining cup curd. Mix them well and cover to cook for approximately 10 minutes.

Cook for another 30 to 35 minutes after removing the cover. Keep stirring in between. Once the liquid has evaporated, add green onion and coriander. Cook for another 5 minutes.

Then, add cream and mix well. Adjust the seasoning. Keep the heat to low and add 1 tbsp butter and crushed Kasuri methi. Mix them well.

Cream chicken is ready to be served with naan after garnishing with coriander.