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Butter chicken burrito with garlic butter rice and papadum

SAM THE COOKING GUY · ♥ 15K likes · 503.2K views · 10 min video

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Ingredients
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Techniques
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • ¼ cup yellow onion
Melt a tablespoon of butter, add about a quarter cup of yellow onion and cook two or three minutes until soft.
  • 1 tbsp garlic paste
  • 1½ cup white rice
Add about a tablespoon of garlic paste and stir until fragrant, before it burns; add a cup and a half of rinsed white rice and toss to coat.
  • 2½ cup chicken broth
  • salt and pepper
Add two and a half cups of chicken broth and a good pinch of salt and pepper; bring to a boil, stir once, cover and simmer 15 to 18 minutes until the liquid has evaporated.
  • 1½ lb boneless chicken thighs
  • oil
  • 1 tbsp ginger paste
  • 1 tbsp garlic paste
  • salt and pepper
  • red pepper powder
Mix a pound and a half of boneless chicken thighs by gloved hand with a little oil, about a tablespoon each of ginger paste and garlic paste, salt, pepper and red pepper powder; set aside 10 to 15 minutes.
  • oil
Brown the chicken in oil in the pan, turning, about five minutes until it has color all the way round; remove.
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1 whole small yellow onion
Melt about a quarter cup of butter (a little more), add a diced small yellow onion and soften three or four minutes.
  • butter
  • cilantro
Mix a pat of butter and cilantro into the cooked rice; cover to keep warm.
  • garlic and ginger paste
  • smoked paprika
  • red pepper powder
  • turmeric
  • cumin
  • garam masala
Add more garlic and ginger paste to the onions until fragrant; add smoked paprika, red pepper powder, turmeric, cumin and garam masala and mix to a thick paste.
Spices and the sauce
  • tomato paste
  • ½ cup water
Stir in tomato paste, then about half a cup of water and a cup of heavy cream.
  • 1 cup heavy cream
Return the chicken and cook five or six minutes, partly lidded, until the chicken is cooked; keep the sauce thick.
  • tortilla
  • papadum
On a tortilla, lay a bed of rice, then the butter chicken, then papadum; roll up.
Building the burrito