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Butter Chicken Mac and Cheese

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Butter Chicken Mac and Cheese

The ultimate Indo-American fusion — a butter chicken sauce standing in for cheese sauce over pasta. Blending the simmered tomato and spice base completely smooth before the cream goes in is what gives this sauce its signature velvety texture, closer to a proper butter chicken than a chunky pasta sauce.

Total time
50 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
35 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Indian
comfortfusionpasta

Ingredients

1 lbshort pasta
2boneless chicken thighs, cubed
1 cancrushed tomatoes
1 cupheavy cream
3 tbspbutter
1onion, diced
3 clovesgarlic
1 tbspgaram masala
1 tspsmoked paprika
½ cupparmesan, grated
fresh cilantroto garnish

Instructions

1

Brown chicken in butter; remove. Sauté onion and garlic; add spices.

2

Add tomatoes; simmer 15 minutes. Blend smooth. Stir in cream.

3

Return chicken; simmer 10 minutes.

4

Cook pasta al dente; toss with butter chicken sauce and parmesan.

5

Garnish with cilantro.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
577
Protein
28g
Fat
47.9g
Carbs
9.9g
Fiber
1.6g
Sodium
935mg

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