- Today I'm gonna be teaching you
how to make a healthy butter chicken.
Now, the base of this recipe is using coconut milk
instead of butter.
Coconut milk.
Now, you're gonna wanna try and get
coconut milk with at least 60-70% coconut
rather than water or preservatives.
What also makes this healthy is vegetables.
So, we're gonna use real tomatoes and
some canned or processed tomatoes,
spinach, onions, and red peppers.
Even the one I dropped on the floor.
So I'm just gonna go ahead and start prepping.
So, first I'm going to start getting the rice on.
I'm putting some rice in a pot.
It's gonna be a cup and a half for myself,
and you want the same amount of water in there.
I'm gonna add a bit of salt, and a bit of olive oil.
Let that rinse.
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Probably could have made my chopping skills
look a little better than that,
but what can you do.
Now my eyes are getting watery and I may start crying
on my first cooking Youtube video.
Just get the stove on, hot pan, cold oil,
don't put the oil in yet.
Still a little starchy but that's okay.
That's what cheap price gets you.
Add in the oil, maybe a couple tablespoons.
Let that heat up for a minute.
I'm gonna add salt in the rice.
Gotta have your flavor.
Turmeric in there.
Throw in the onions.
Now, if you can't do this all together
I suggest you that you cut up your stuff in advance.
I'm using chicken thighs, they're a bit more tasty
than chicken breast, they got a bit more fat in them,
but I don't mind too much.
Okay, chicken is cut.
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Always wash your hands.
And don't forget to turn on your rice.
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In goes the chicken.
Now, because it's called butter chicken,
I'm gonna throw a little bit of butter in there.
Not too much butter.
Try and keep it somewhat healthy.
Aren't these the smallest red peppers you've seen?
Okay, in go the peppers.
You can cut them smaller if you like,
but I'm doing it this way.
Next goes the tomato paste,
I've just got a small one here
but that'll be enough.
Because I have tomatoes.
You can also use crushed tomatoes alternatively,
really you could make this dish a variety of ways
and it's gonna taste good.
Before that, gotta put in the spices.
About a teaspoon of cumin,
and a hefty teaspoon of paprika.
Salt.
Don't add too much salt, you always add more later.
I didn't do this early on so the garlic didn't burn.
First video excuse.
Okay, we're getting some good colors in here,
just about time for the coconut milk.
I'm leaving the spinach for last,
because I don't want it too wilted,
spinach will only take like 30 seconds.
And we're gonna get this nice, vibrant, orange.
Like a reddish, orange that you're familiar with
for butter chicken.
And that is gonna taste so good.
Really nice.
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It's getting hot.
Rice is pretty much done, throwing in the spinach.
I throw spinach in pretty much everything,
not everything, eggs, scrambled eggs, pastas.
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Wallah.
Yeah, looks good, doesn't it?
K, I'm gonna eat it.
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Don't overcook your rice.
It's hot, but very tasty.