One-pan Baked Butter Chicken

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 171.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	16%	47%
fat	3%	3%
aromatics	1%	17%
acid	1%	0%
sweetener	1%	0%
salt	0%	1%
vegetables and beans	23%	24%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1089 g	1.2 kg/ 2.4lb (6 pieces) bone-in chicken thighs (, skin removed (Note 1))
	1/2 cup plain yoghurt (, full fat)
15 g	1 tbsp lemon juice
6 g	1 tbsp ginger (, finely grated)
6 g	2 cloves garlic (, finely grated or crushed)
2 g	1 tsp turmeric powder
4 g	2 tsp garam masala ((Note 2))
1 g	1/2 tsp chilli powder ((pure, not US blend) or cayenne pepper powder)
2 g	1 tsp ground cumin
2 g	1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
30 g	2 tbsp/ 30g melted ghee or butter ((Note 3))
250 g	1 cup tomato passata ((US: tomato puree) (Note 4))
178 g	3/4 cup heavy / thickened cream ((or regular cream, or coconut milk))
6 g	1 1/2 tsp white sugar
3 g	3/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
50 g	1/2 cup coriander leaves (cilantro) (, for garnish (optional))
	Basmati rice (or other plain rice)
	Naan ((easy - no kneading required!))

Method: 6 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I made this (mainly) as directed. I took a short cut on the marinade by using 2T of butter chicken paste (not sauce) and 2T of sour cream (I didn’t have yogurt) and let it marinate for about half a day. I also used boneless, skinless breasts and roasted for 20” — a cook, 5★

“My Indian husband loves nothing more than butter chicken. When I made this, he said it had the specific restaurant-quality flavour that even his parents couldn’t replicate while growing up – then accused me of buying takeaway! He couldn’t believe how easy it w” — a cook, 5★