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Butter Chicken + Cheese + Nachos…YES!

When are nachos NOT a good idea? Nachos with cheese and all the fixings makes for a perfect game time snack, a fun family dinner item or an appetizer. This  makes for a versatile dish and therefore always a good idea.

Butter chicken Nachos

In my kitchen, I love playing with my Mum’s recipes and of course, her spice collection. Today I unravel butter chicken and Nachos using the Khaanasutra’s butter chicken recipe. This my friends is the most delicious butter chicken recipe in the world. I rank it very highly because it is my mother’s butter chicken recipe.

Butter chicken Nachos-4 She has taught me so much about cooking and Indian food in particular. I love the fact that she wrote a cookbook, which is now a treasure trove for us since she has shared all the family recipes and stories to go along with them.

You can find the original recipe for her butter chicken in her cookbook An Affair With Indian Cooking – The Khaana Sutra of Indian Cuisine, on her website. I’ve adapted it slightly for this nacho recipe.

I omitted the onions from the butter chicken sauce because I wanted it to be very smooth. Instead, I added some sugar and water to the sauce to replace the onions which would have otherwise caramelized and released their sugar and moisture. Prior to adding the butter and cream to the sauce I blitzed it with an immersion blender to ensure a smooth sauce.

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Instead of the chicken being cut into pieces, I shredded the chicken like you would for pulled pork. The chicken adheres better to the tortilla chips and holds the sauce well too. I topped it with fresh ingredients that would typically be made as a salad on the side of an Indian meal – Kachumbar: Onions, tomatoes, green chillies and cilantro.   Serve this along side some of the extra Makhni (butter chicken sauce) and a cilantro yogurt.

Enjoy this twist to the all time favourite Butter Chicken!

Recipe Adapted from An Affair with Indian Cooking – The Khaana Sutra of Indian Cuisine by Geeta Maini

Chicken Marinade:

2                     Boneless Chicken Breasts

½ cup            Yoghurt (I used 1%)

1 tsp               Salt

1 tbsp             Lemon Juice

½ tsp              green chillies fresh, minced

1 ½ tsp           Coriander Powder

1 tbsp             Tandoori Masala Mix

1 tbsp             Cumin Powder

¾ tbsp.           Garam Masala

1 tbsp             Garlic, fresh, minced

¾ tbsp.           ginger, fresh, minced

For the Sauce (Makhni):

2 tbsp             Oil

½ tbsp.           Cumin Seeds

½ cup             Tomatoes, pureed (or strained)

¼ cup             Fresh Coriander, chopped

1 tsp               Salt, or to taste

¼ tsp              Red Chilli powder

1 tsp               Kasturi Methi – dried fenugreek leaves

2-3Tbsp         Butter, chilled, or to taste

½ Cup                        Whipping cream (or light cream)

For Cilantro Yogurt dip:

½ cup             Plain Yogurt

2 tsp               Salt, or to taste

2 tbsp             Fresh chopped coriander

Nacho’s & Garnishes:

1 bag              Nacho’s

2-3 cups         Grated cheese

2                      Roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped

½                    Red onion, chopped

1                      Green chilli, chopped

¼ bunch         Cilantro leaves, picked