15-Min Butter Chicken
Meat

15-Min Butter Chicken

with Basmati Rice and Green Beans

Leave it to us to make weeknight cooking even simpler and faster. Amped with a variety of brilliant ready-to-go ingredients to make life easier, you’ll love how quick and downright good this 15-minute recipe is!

No added wheat
Kid friendly
Meat
15 minutesCooking Time
EASYDifficulty
2 - 4Servings
645Calories

Ingredients

  • 150g green beans
    150g green beans
  • 1 spring onion
    1 spring onion
  • chicken tenderloins
    chicken tenderloins
  • 50g Indian butter curry paste
    50g Indian butter curry paste
  • 200ml coconut milk
    200ml coconut milk
  • 250g microwave basmati rice
    250g microwave basmati rice

From Your Pantry

  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • pinch of sugar

Utensils Needed

  • medium deep frypan
  • microwave

Instructions

Brown chicken

Brown chicken

Trim the beans. Thinly slice the spring onion. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a medium deep frypan over high heat. Cook the chicken for 1-2 mins each side until lightly browned. Add the curry paste and cook, stirring, for 30 secs or until fragrant.

Simmer chicken

Simmer chicken

Stir the coconut milk and 2 tbs water into the chicken mixture. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium-high. Add the beans and a pinch of sugar and cook for 3-4 mins until the chicken is cooked through and the beans are tender. Remove the pan from the heat. Taste, then season with salt and pepper.

Warm rice and serve up

Warm rice and serve up

Massage the packet of rice to loosen and tear a 2cm opening for the steam to escape. Heat in the microwave for 90 secs or until warmed through. Combine the rice and spring onion in a bowl. Divide the spring onion rice and butter chicken among bowls and enjoy!

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How cool is that? Done in 15 minutes!

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Chef Charlotte Bernal

As Senior Culinary Creative, Charlotte brings her love for simply delicious food to Dinnerly. After an arts-management career in classical music, Charlotte followed her passion into food media. From recipe writing for The Australian Women's Weekly to landing the prestigious role of Food Editor for delicious. magazine and writing for major Australian food magazines (including Gourmet Traveller and Coles magazine), Charlotte is recognised industry-wide as a leading food creative. She now develops recipes for Dinnerly where her knowledge and inventiveness add depth and edge to the weekly offerings.

"Charlotte loves spices, curries and comforting bowls of pasta."

Nutrition (per serving)

Energy (Kilojoules)

2689

Energy (Calories)

645

Protein

42.5

Total Fat

27.2

-Saturated

17.3

Carbohydrate

50

-Sugars

10.4

Dietary Fibre

3.3

Sodium

494.5

Allergens

Cashew
Soy

Recipes curated and site by Vishnu. Enjoy!