Butter Chicken Meatballs

• servings: Yield: 4–5 servings

Ingredients

Butter Chicken Base:

1 tablespoon avocado oil or olive oil

half of an onion, roughly chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced (or a garlic paste)

a small piece of fresh ginger, grated (or a ginger paste)

1/4 teaspoon turmeric

1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika

1/2 teaspoon garam masala

1/2 teaspoon cumin

one 14-ounce can crushed tomatoes or plain tomato sauce

1/2 cup water (more as needed later)

1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon kosher salt (I use 1 teaspoon, just depends how salty you want it)

1 teaspoon sugar

20 ounces of cooked chicken or turkey meatballs (these are the ones I always use! this should be about 4 cups of meatballs)

To Finish:

2 tablespoons butter

1/3 cup heavy cream (more to taste)

To Serve:

1 1/2 cups basmati rice, or precooked rice

1/4 cup fresh cilantro

Directions

Make your rice according to package directions.

Heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, ginger, and spices; sauté until softened.

Add tomatoes, water, salt, and sugar. Simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Transfer the sauce to a blender and puree until smooth, or use an immersion blender directly in the pot to blend.

Add sauce back to the pan. Add the meatballs; simmer with the cover on or keep on low heat until warmed through.

Add the butter and cream to make a luscious, heavenly sauce to coat your meatballs.

Serve over rice with a sprig or sprinkle of cilantro. Add spiciness to taste with cayenne or chili oil! OH ME OH MY.

Notes

Delicious! Didn’t have cream so used whole milk. Might be better w cream. Only used 1/2 tsp salt in sauce and it was perfect!! Used pinchofyum chicken meatball recipe for this and it was yummy. Add cayenne pepper to make spicy.

Dont use tomato sauce bc it makes sauce too thin. Use crushed or stewed tomatoes so when you use immersion blender, sauce gets thick. Also dont use skillet bc cant blend in it wo making mess. And if making using thighs, cut up raw thighs into cubes and add to sauce to cook. 12-15 min covered on simmer.