Lazy Keto – Butter Chicken

🛒 Ingredients

• 750g chicken meat
• 1 small onion

🍅 Sauce Base

• 3 tbsp butter/ghee
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 cup cream or coconut Cream
• 3 tbsp yoghurt OR cream cheese
• 2 tsp garlic
• 2 tsp ginger

🎃 ~1 to 1.5 cups pumpkin/butternut cubes

🌶 Spices

• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp coriander powder (if you have it)
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Optional extras

• pinch chilli
• tiny pinch cinnamon
• pinch garam masala at the end

🔪 Kitchen Prep

• Measure cream + tomato paste → ready before cooking
• Knife + chopping board → dice pumpkin/butternut small
• Large frying pan or pot → ready on stove
• Slow cooker → load drumstick bones separately if doing broth
• Small bowl → mix spices together first

🥣 Method

1. Brown the chicken

Heat:

• 2 tbsp butter/ghee

Add chopped onion:

• cook until lightly browned

Add chicken:

• salt lightly
• cook until lightly browned

Do not overcrowd the pan.

Remove chicken if needed.

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2. Build flavour base

Lower heat slightly.

Add:

• garlic
• ginger

Cook:

• ~30 seconds

Then add:

• pumpkin/butternut

Cook:

• 3–5 mins until starting to soften

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3. Bloom spices

Add:

• cumin
• paprika
• coriander
• turmeric
• pepper

Stir continuously:

• ~30 seconds

👉 This wakes up the spices in the butter.

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4. Add tomato

Add:

• tomato paste

Cook:

• 1 minute

👉 Important for depth and sweetness.

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5. Build the sauce

Add:

• cream

Stir well.

Then add:

• yoghurt OR cream cheese

Mix until smooth.

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6. Simmer gently

Return chicken if removed earlier.

Cook low:

• 10–15 mins

Until:

• pumpkin softens
• sauce thickens
• chicken fully cooked