I'd been looking for a recipe for butter chicken similar to the one I'd had last year at a local restaurant and finally found one. It took a few weeks but tonight I plugged it into fitday and got the counts on it. Here we go (btw, its fabulous and not as complicated as it sounds)

Butter Chicken :

3lbs chicken thighs (deboned and deskinned)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger, ground
1/2 cup of plain yoghurt

4 tbsp butter
1 piece cinnamon (1 inch)
6 cloves
6 cardamon pods
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp saffron (crushed)
1/2 cup heavy cream (whipping is what I used)
2 tbsp Almond flour (ground almonds)


Mix yoghurt, ginger and salt and rub into chicken
let marinate overnight in fridge

Bake in 375 oven for 50 minutes, save liquid (if any)

In saucepan, melt butter and fry cinnamon, cloves, cardamon and bay leaf for 1 minute
Add sour cream and chicken liquid
Add crushed saffron and cream
Cover and simmer gently for 5 - 6 minutes
Add chicken pieces. Add ground almonds

Cover and let simmer for 4 - 5 minutes
Remove from heat and enjoy.

* all counts are for sauce ingredients only, I have not factored in the chicken

Calories = 1223
fat = 124g
carbs = 23g
fiber = 4g
protein = 13g

Nat