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Butter Chicken Pan Fried Buns

These butter chicken pan fried buns are a flavor explosion. Literally.
Prep Time5 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time5 hours 45 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Chinese, Indian
Keyword: buns, butter, butter chicken, chinese, indian, pan fried buns

Ingredients

Butter chicken gravy

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ yellow onion
  • ½ tbsp minced garlic
  • ½ tbsp minced ginger
  • ½ tbsp ground cumin
  • ½ tbsp garam masala
  • ½ tbsp kashmiri chili powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 200 g crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ tbsp sugar
  • dried fenugreek leaves (optional)

Ground chicken

  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tbsp garlic powder
  • ½ tbsp ground cumin
  • ½ tbsp garam masala
  • ½ tbsp kashmiri chili powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 stalk green onion

Dough

  • 315 g AP flour
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tbsp instant yeast
  • 220 g water

Instructions

Gravy

  • In a pot over medium heat add oil, chopped onions, minced garlic, and minced ginger. Cook for 1 minute.
  • Add our seasonings and stir for 30 seconds.
  • Add crushed tomatoes, cook for 2 minutes.
  • Blend until smooth then add back into the pot.
  • Finish with butter, heavy cream, sugar, and salt.
  • Place gravy into a container and freeze. It will take at least 5 hours to solidify.

Filling

  • In a bowl mix together all of the ground chicken ingredients.
  • After our butter chicken gravy has fully solidified, cut into ¾ inch cubes.
  • Using about 2 tbsp of our ground chicken mixture, wrap our butter chicken gravy cubes and set aside. It should look like a meatball. If your dough is not ready yet, you can place these balls in the fridge.

Dough

  • Place flour, sugar, salt, yeast and water into a bowl.
  • Mix and knead for 5-10 minutes until a smooth doughball has formed. Let it rest covered at room temperature for 1.5 hours.
  • After 1.5 hours, separate the dough into 40-45 gram pieces.
  • Roll it out into a circle while making sure the middle of the circle is thicker than the edges.
  • Place our ball of filling into the center of the dough.
  • Bring all of the edges towards the top and pinch to seal.

Cooking

  • Into a medium heat pan, add 1 tbsp of oil.
  • Place our buns on the surface and cook 3-5 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown.
  • Add ½ cup of water and cover with a lid to steam cook 10-15 minutes.
  • If at any point the water has all evaporated, just add more water.
  • Garnish with more butter chicken gravy and dried fenugreek leaves.