Butter chicken

Indian curry dish

Butter chicken is an South Asian food. It is made by cooking pieces of tandoori chicken in a sauce made with tomatoes, butter and spices.[1] The food was invented at a restaurant in Old Delhi founded by two Punjabi refugees who fled Peshawar, British India during the Partition of India in 1947.[2]

Butter chicken
Butter chicken
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsChicken

References

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  1. "Who cooked up butter chicken? A court seeks the answer. Plus: Madhur Jaffrey's recipe". NPR.
  2. "Who Created Butter Chicken? India's Great Curry Clash". NYTimes.