If you’ve never had Butter Chicken before, you definitely need to try it. Butter chicken is a lot like tikka masala, but it more mild in the spice department. Tikka masala tends to have a bit more heat to it where as the butter chicken is the least spicy of these similar curry like dishes. Normally I go with tikka masala, but my kiddo wanted to try a non-spicy curry, so I decided to go with butter chicken instead. It’s great for a first timer.

This Butter Chicken is suuuuuper easy to make in the instant pot and is done in no time at all. Literally 15 minutes and you’ve got dinner ready to go. You get so much flavor packed into this dish that it’s hard to explain. It’s warm without being spicy at all and is amazing when served over jasmine rice.

I decided to leave the butter and the cream in this dish as they were, but originally I had thought of using half the cream and half of some unsweetened almond milk. But, I’m glad that I stayed with the originals. The smooth creaminess in the end was definitely worth the few extra calories in there. That being said, you could definitely get away with subbing in some unsweetened almond milk or fat free half and half.

I served my butter chicken over some jasmine rise and topped it off with some fresh cilantro. But, it would also be really good served with some naan!

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