Healthy Butter Chicken (family friendly)

Serves 4

It's Friday and that means curry day in our house! Butter chicken is usually quite a heavy dish (no problem with that occasionally), but when you want to lighten the load without losing any of the flavour, this is a great one to try with the whole family.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp olive oil

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into cubes

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 3 garlic cloves, minced

• 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated

• 2 tsp garam masala

• 1 tsp turmeric

• 1 tsp paprika

• 1 tsp ground coriander

• ¼ tsp cinnamon

• 680ml jar tomato passata

• 2 tbsp almond butter

• Pinch of salt and pepper

• Bunch of fresh coriander, chopped

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and brown the chicken for 3–5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

2. Add the onion, garlic, ginger and spices to the pan. Cook, stirring often, until the onion starts to soften, about 3 minutes.

3. Return the chicken and any juices to the pan. Stir in the passata, scraping up and mixing in any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.

4. Simmer until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.

5. Stir in the almond butter and season with salt and pepper.

6. Sprinkle with fresh coriander.

7. Serve with whole-grain rice and some green vegetables.

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