Instant Pot Quick Butter Chicken
"This is quick & light, not so much butter & cream. Using instapot this comes together in half hour."
photo by esteban
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
-
4 Cups
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil (coconut or olive)
- 1 small onion (yellow or purple)
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 1⁄2 curry powder
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin (or vindalu powder optional)
- 3⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄4 cup water (or chicken stock)
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 4 1⁄2 cups cauliflower (1 small or 1/2 large floret) (optional)
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 brick medium firm tofu
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 cup half-and-half (Or coconut milk)
- 1⁄2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup chopped cilantro (for serving)
directions
- Instapot on sauté. Add oil. Wait till warm. Add onion, wait till soft. Add ginger & spice powders, wait till fragrant, about 30 seconds. Instapot off.
- Add water or chicken stock, scrape sides.
- Add tomato sauce.
- add Cauliflower, chicken, tofu, butter.
- Instapot pressure cook HIGH 10 minutes. Allow slow release (10 minutes).
- Remove chicken cut into bite sized pieces, put back in pot.
- add cream or coconut milk.
- let cool a bit then add yogurt.
- stir, serve with either: nan, rice. (See recipe for home made nan).
Questions & Replies
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Is the tofu actually necessary? -
What vegetables do you suggest, other than cooked carrots.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ronbo
Montgomery, Texas
Live in East Texas. Love to BBQ & host friends.
Traveled the world a lot when I worked, love ethnic foods.
Diabetic, no carb diet, keeping my A1C normal.
But, you won’t find many baked goods since diagnosis.
