Creamy Butter Chicken

Let's face it, we could all use a new recipe for Chicken.  

Approximate nutrition info per serving (without rice or naan - Also assumes lite butter and fat free greek yogurt)

• 300 Calories
• 55g Protein
• 11g Carbs
• 4g fat

INGREDIENTS (MAKES 2 SERVINGS) 

Marinated Chicken:

• 300g Chicken breast - Cubed
• 3-4 Garlic Cloves Crushed - I use Dorot frozen crushed garlic cubes from Trader Joes
• 1 table spoon Paprika
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 to 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
• 1 tsp salt and pepper
• 120g low fat greek yogurt - I prefer the 2% greek yogurt from Trader Joes - it's really creamy and has a slightly better protein content than most.  But, it will add a little fat and calories
• 1/2 lemon (juice)

Sauce:

• 1 Onion (sliced)
• 1/2 tsp Paprika
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• 1/2 tsp salt and pepper
• 1 can diced tomatoes (low sodium) 400g
• 50g greek yogurt - I prefer the 2% greek yogurt from Trader Joes - it's really creamy and has a slightly better protein content than most.  But, this will add a little more fat and calories
• 20g Cashew Nuts
• fresh coriander or cilantro
• 20g lite butter (I prefer to use grass fed butter, but the fat content will be higher). can also sub ghee

DIRECTIONS

Marinade:

1. If you haven't already - cube the chicken and place it in a mixing bowl
2. add the remaining ingredients for the marinade and then mix well - we want all the ingredients mixed and the chicken well covered.
3. cover mixing bowl and set aside
4. optional, but I highly recommend: cover mixing bowl and put back in the refrigerator overnight (so, prep this the day before) - this really helps the flavors meld with the meat
5. Add butter to sauce pan

Sauce:

1. Add butter to sauce pan (can also use ghee)
2. sate onion until slightly transparent - about 2 min
3. mix in dry spice ingredients and cook 1-2 min
4. mix in tomatoes (with juice) and greek yogurt
5. Mix in cashew nuts (sub a tables spoon of cream cheese if you have a nut allergy)
6. Mix until well combined
7. transfer mixture to blender and blend until smooth and creamy

Combined dish:

1. Cook Chicken on high heat to brown it for 4 minutes 
2. lower heat to med low and mix in sauce from blender
3. simmer for 5-10 minutes - until chicken is completely cooked
4. garnish with coriander or cilantro - can also drizzle with more greek yogurt.
5. serve immediately

I like to serve this over brown rice, but it also goes amazing on whole wheat Naan 

Inspiration for this recipe came from Jalalsamfit on instagram