Instant Pot Butter Chicken in 20-Minutes

Today, I am here with a blend of rich and aromatic spices with my creamy, buttery recipe of instant Pot Butter Chicken. This incredible recipe was on my list for some time, but here it is, an instant recipe you can cook in just 20-minutes. Yes, you hear it right! Read on further to know how to get started.

A Butter Chicken Recipe with a Twist!

This instant Pot Butter Chicken is prepared with full-fat yogurt and heavy cream, giving this recipe a lip-smacking taste. You can try this recipe with the ingredients present in your home, and this is one of the healthy variants of the butter chicken filled with heavy sauces and spices to give that rich texture to this dish.

Before we know how to make this ‘pot butter chicken’ recipe with few ingredients, let me talk about Butter Chicken first.

Well, butter chicken is a famous chicken curry served in most Indian restaurants. It is a North Indian dish specifically from Punjab state. The chicken pieces are given a golden hue and are cooked in the creamy curry sauce. The butter chicken is served with naan bread or the rice like buttery rice garnished with garlic or jeera rice. This recipe is made with savory sauces and bold and aromatic flavors.

Now, if you are wondering why it is called Butter Chicken, read on! There is a story associated with this recipe. This dish originated from the Northern part of India in the year 1948. This recipe was created and cooked by ‘Kundan Lal Gujral’ who prepared the chicken pieces into creamy silk buttery gravy to give that lip-smacking texture to this dish.

Butter Chicken is also known as ‘Murgh Makhani’ that is like British Tikka Masala. A few restaurants dip the dish in a surplus amount of butter that is not good for health.

However, our instant Pot Butter Chicken recipe differs from the authentic Butter Chicken recipe. It has fewer calories as a nominal amount of butter and cream is added to cook it in 20-minutes only.

So, let’s get started to help you understand what ingredients you need to use and prepare this recipe through the step-by-step guide. You will also learn what you can serve with this instant Pot Butter Chicken.

What Ingredients Goes Into This Instant Pot Butter Chicken Sauce?

The creamy and yogurt-rich instant Pot Butter Chicken is a perfect evening meal for your family, and even when friends are coming for dinner. This Garam Masala flavored one-pot recipe can be made with more healthy ingredients, and less time is taken to prepare it is an icing on the cake.

Butter chicken is spicy and hot, but this quickly made pot butter chicken is healthy and a real time saver. Just imagine the drooling ingredients like ginger-garlic combination with thick tomato sauce prepared in yogurt and heavy cream, served incredibly with the accompaniments of your choice.

The ingredients used in this instant Pot Butter Chicken recipe are:

• Butter- 2 Tbsp
• Chopped Onion- 1 Cup
• Crushed Ginger and Garlic- 1 Tbsp
• Chopped Tomato- 1 Cup
• Salt- According to taste
• Red Chili Powder- 1 Tsp
• Turmeric- 1 Tsp
• Garam Masala- 1 Tbsp
• Boneless Chicken- 1 Lb
• Full Fat Yogurt- 1 Cup
• Heavy cream- ½ Cup
• Cilantro for garnishing

The mix of these spices will give an incredible taste to this recipe. One important thing about this instant pot recipe is it is quick, and you just have to use an instant pot model for cooking this dish along with a cutting board. If you do not have the instant pot, you can make it as a slow cooker recipe. If you want to cook a healthier variant, you can replace the heavy cream with coconut milk. Using coconut milk will give a great taste like the butter chicken will simmer for 20 minutes in the pot.

How to Prepare Instant Pot Butter Chicken

Infuse the aromatic Indian flavors along with chopped tomatoes and onions to give a great twist to your instant Pot Butter Chicken recipe. There’s no complex use of spices that will make this recipe complicated. Our twisted and tangy butter chicken may not be like you get into the restaurants, but this is an excellent time-saver and is low on butter and other forms of calories. The best part is it gets ready in just 20-minutes, so thank me later.

Let’s get started on preparing this instant pot chicken with less butter and a great authentic taste.

Steps for preparation are as under:

1. Chop the tomatoes and onions. Also, take the full-fat yogurt, heavy cream, and coriander. Take the grated ginger and garlic along with the spices like Garam Masala, Turmeric, and salt for taste.
2. Take an instant pot pan and while it’s hot, put 2 Tbsp butter into the pot. It melts, put 1 cup chopped onion into it and sauté the onions until it turns pink. While the onions are cooking and slightly browning, put the crushed ginger and garlic that is 1 tbsp.
3. Let the ingredients cook further and after that, add one cup chopped tomatoes into the instant pot pan. Cook them until they become soft and mushy.
4. Now, put salt according to your taste, one teaspoon red chili powder, and one teaspoon turmeric. While the spices are cooking and filling up your kitchen with their aroma, add one tablespoon Garam Masala for some added flavor. Mix all the spices and the ingredients till the water evaporates from the mixture.
5. Put 1 Lb boneless chicken cut into one-inch cubes in the mixture to cook it properly.
6. After this step, pour one full-fat yogurt cup and mix it thoroughly with the added spices, mixture, and chicken pieces. Let all these ingredients cook entirely and cook in an instant pot for almost 20-minutes.
7. When it comes to boil, while being kept on medium-high flame, put the half cup heavy cream into the butter chicken pot recipe. Mix well and garnish the butter chicken with the Cilantro.

Your instant pot recipe is done in just 20-minutes time and will look like this creamy texture.

Do not forget to place an extra butter topping and Cilantro on your served butter chicken dish.

Some Instant Sneak Peeks for Your Instant Pot Butter Chicken Recipe

What do you need to make this recipe?	Get a large multi cooker or the 6-quart—instant pot with a non-slip vegetable cutting board.
Preparation Time Taken	10-minutes
Cooking Time Taken	20-minutes
Is there a healthy version of this recipe?	Yes, you can replace heavy cream with coconut milk or cream to give it a silky smooth texture.
Can frozen chicken be used?	You can use frozen chicken, but you need to pressure it before preparing the instant pot recipe. But, this will increase the time-frame.
Can I cook with vegetables using the same sauce?	Yes, you can make the vegetarian version by adding cauliflowers to this recipe.

Combining Instant Pot Butter Chicken with Best of Servings

A wide variety of options are available to enjoy this delicacy for serving the butter chicken. You can even prepare the mushy cauliflower or mushrooms as the side serves along with the tomato, onion, and cilantro toppings or salad. Let’s see a few options:

• Cook and serve it with Basmati rice
• The jeera rice or Indian cumin-styled rice makes a great combination.
• Serve it with the lip-smacking naan bread or butter naan, which is an oh-so-great combination!
• To eat something healthy with your instant pot butter chicken, go for the brown rice. You can make the rice variants in the instant pot, too.