Vegan Butter Chicken

Our Vegan Butter Chicken recipe refines traditional butter chicken recipes, offering a delicious and healthy vegan alternative. While a Butter Chicken recipe without butter may sound impossible, this recipe will have you rethinking everything. The combination of rich and creamy coconut and fragrant spices transform this vegan chicken into a fulfilling meal for the whole family to enjoy! 

Our Round Dutch Oven creates the ideal environment for this recipe to come together and can be used to brown the vegan chicken slices before simmering all the spices and flavours on medium heat. This iconic piece of cookware is an excellent retainer of heat, ensuring the chicken absorbs all the rich flavours of the spices, tomato pasta, and coconut milk. 

Our Vegan Butter Chicken recipe is packed with rich flavours and texture, making it the perfect meal to warm you from the inside during those colder months. This recipe serves between four and six people at a time in under an hour. Check your panty to make sure you have all these spices and ingredients and get ready to revolutionize classic butter chicken recipes! 

Cook 2 cups of rice according to packet instructions.

In a Round Dutch Oven over medium heat, add the olive oil and cook the vegan chicken strips until they are warm through and slightly brown. Then remove and set aside.

Add some more olive oil and then add the onion and sweat for 3-4 minutes.

Then add the garlic and ginger and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Add all the spices, tomato paste, vegan chicken and coconut milk and cream.

Allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes while stirring frequently.

Serve the vegan butter chicken over rice with naan bread and top with some chopped coriander.

Recipe and image by A Bite of Vegan