How to make lower calorie Butter Chicken that still tastes good.
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Healthy butter chicken recipe
Can lower-calorie butter chicken be a thing?: (0:00)
Intro: (0:24)
Restaurant Style Butter Chicken: (0:42)
What are the key cooking techniques for a home cook?: (1:58)
Calorie Breakdown - Restaurant style: (2:50)
Lower calorie substitutions: (3:23)
Step by step recipe - Low cal: (5:01)
Calorie Breakdown - Low cal: (8:10)
Comparison of texture: (8:37)
Comparison of taste: (9:14)
Discussion of potential changes: (10:49) - บันเทิง
I hope you all have some fun with this one, I've seen a ton of great lower cal suggestions/suggestions outside of just what I did! ► Recipe for both (with nutrition tables): www.ethanchlebowski.com/cooking-techniques-recipes/lower-calorie-butter-chicken
Also a couple more notes after we finished the leftovers:
- The lower cal version with the peanut butter had a more pronounced nutty flavor that my roommate and I enjoyed a little more than the cashew which has a milder flavor.
- The thinness of the sauce wasn't as noticeable after it cooled down and was reheated, but if you do want it a little thicker you could try adding less water, or as suggested with a thickener like cornstarch / xanthan gum
@ethan chlebowski do you think you would get the same flavor and consistency with PB2 powdered peanut butter instead of the JIF? It would make it more anabolic but I still want the taste.
Taylor Tait My 2 cents: PB2 powder has lower calories than regular peanut butter because most of the fats have been removed from it, so I think you would get the peanut flavor, but it might impact how smooth the final consistency is.
Sorry but making butter chicken with lower calories than usual is illegal
What soda where you drinking in this video?
I would have kept the cashews instead of the peanut butter. The reason being the peanut butter has trans fat in it, which is a lot worse for you then saturated fats are. Unless you have natural peanut butter that is, which separates naturally because it has no trans fat in it.
i was scared this man was about to put mayo in his butter chicken
Lmao same
That would be good I mixed it in with channa masala and it was good
@@muhilan8540 I feel disgusted and offended on so many levels that it's hard to explain. I now know what the Italians feel when they see people butcher their food.
@@muhilan8540 but seriously why tf would anyone put mayo, or even butter or ghee for that matter, anywhere near something like chana or chole.
@@shu830 Because it's creamy and nice! 😌 Don't knock it till you try it!
This is the first video I've come across that has the breaks in the time bar. The amout of detail and organization you put into your videos is nothing short of amazing. Keep up the good work.
Really? I started seeing the "chapters" a good 4 or 5 months ago.
@@freednighthawk I think OP maybe meant this is the first video they have seen with them.
Not all TH-camr's are using the feature like Ethan but I wish they were!!
@@phug0id I assumed that's what they meant. My comment was about the fact that I'd been seeing them used for quite some time. Granted, I do follow a fair few tech channels (who are obviously going to take up features more quickly than average TH-camrs)
@@freednighthawk Same here! 👍 I wish more YT channels/creators used that feature. So handy to have chapters when following recipes (or whatever).
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Those time indicators have been around for quite awhile, actually
Every tiny detail you add to these videos are fantastic. The commentary is fantastic, but the text comments on screen, the text macro breakdown, the time of day, and everything else just comes together so well for massive bumps in production value. You really care about your audience and it shows. Keep it up Ethan!
Holy crap. I just made the low calorie version and oh. My. God. It's so freaking good. What have you done
Never stop this series, please! As an avid lifter, my inner fat boy loves this content. Love good tasting food that also healthy/high protein, took me a few years to learn to cook decently enough to achieve that. But your videos have helped me step my game up to the next level, thanks so much!
is there a playlist of this series?
I'm Indian but I come to this channel for Indian cooking tips. I like his focus on nutrition.
The quality and effort put into everything!
(I’m going to assume your Indian due to your name but sorry if your not
Edit: OP is Sri Lankan. Sorry!)
My favourite thing about Indians in food comments like you (I think) are sooooooo chill when someone posts a recipe for Indian food that probably has some altercations. Your comment has basically summarized his entire channel.
@@a.h.tvideomapping4293 we Indians are pretty chill because we want you guys to have fun with our food. We are not gatekeepers because all across the India same things are made in different ways so we indians are at a point where we respect other's take on our food and appreciate it 😄
Edit - I Hope You Find Your Dad Soon😅😆
bañDìT XaM4 You said it perfectly! I’m Sri Lankan, and even in such a small country there is so much regional variety in flavors and tastes that you can miss out on what could be your favorite way to make a dish if you don’t taste and learn how others make it. No take is inherently wrong or right, but all are good!
@@anishabeysiriwardena7611 hahaaha I see a fellow sri lankan !!
@@aadhilnihas1499 yup!
I really love this series. I generally end up splitting the difference between the full and low calorie options and everything has come out tasty, satisfying, and filling. Great work!
I really appreciate you taking the effort to section out your videos. Makes going back to the actual recipe a breeze! Made your chipotle chicken tacos recently. They were awesome! Thank you 😊
As an Indian I'm pretty happy with you.
This series is one of the best on TH-cam and super relevant. I appreciate that you're the only (good) food channel that counts calories! Please keep this going!
As an Indian guy I just wanted to say that this recipe is bomb! I don't think I'll make the traditional one again cause this is much easier and healthy. I didn't even add the extra butter and it still turned out to be fab❤️
@Test Boi sorry I'm late😅 but he used 300 grams of boneless chicken breast
For "velvety" texture, you can use a tiny bit of guar gum.
i'm allergic to cashews, so I have no choice but to make your lower calorie version with the peanut butter! It's a win-win!
Danlicious Food nice
Same here lol. That’s why I can’t use a lot of vegan recipes.
An Asian with white people allergies? Uncle Roger sad 😔 😂
Pumpkin seeds are a good neutral substitute to cashews if you don’t want to use peanuts
You can put any nuts to be honest, Cashews, Peanuts, Sesame and Coconut are the most common nuts in India.
Just wanted to clarify a few things, the name "butter" in butter chicken comes from the cashews in the gravy, NOT the butter and cream. The cashews should give a nice shine to the gravy which from which the name actually comes from. "Murg Makhni", as we can see in the original name (though even in India Butter chicken is commonly used), "Makhni" can mean both butter or velvety, and the cashews provide just that. Just like the mother sauces of France or the western culture in general, Makhni gravy is one of the basic gravies of the North Indian cuisine (at least that's what I think). Also adding butter is always a nice addition, and the cream too ( or add evaporated milk as you did) and yeah they are important parts too. Loved your video, it's always great to see you cook and improve upon your recipes as a cook, have always enjoyed your videos. And please add honey if you wanna up the flavour pls for the love of God (I honestly couldn't resist mentioning this).
Traditional recipe uses Desi Ghee
love this comment.
I love all the cooking TH-camrs of course but your recipes are the only ones I've incorporated into my life style! As part of meal prepping on a budget (college student) I use the marinade from your carne asada quesadillas on chicken breast and it's absolutely incredible - and more importantly affordable. I do a couple pounds of that at the beginning of the weak and boom - Mexican style chicken quesadillas, bowls, burritos - any night of the week. This one looks like it'll absolutely be a keeper as well. Thanks Ethan!
In the description it says “Restaurant Style Kung Pao” I assume that’s a mistake?
Edit: he fixed it. Really shows his attentiveness
Thank you for catching my mistake :)
@@EthanChlebowski So, I'm guessing we know what your next video is going to be then?
Kyle Warner that was his last video
correct. it is a mistake. Thank you
@@prajwalmoharana2742 Whoops, I watch so many videos nowadays I can't even keep the titles straight in my mind.
This is some real good content that you are putting out!
I really like that you do everything methodical and you spend a lot of time to test and explain everything that you do. I have got a lot of useful information from your uploads!
Great videos! Keep up the good work
Coach greg really needs to talk about this guy
I really love these videos because of the many ways you find multiple substitutions for the recipe. For instance, I never have cashews but always have peanut butter so that sub makes sense for me, and I always use chicken breasts anyway so that's also a great substitution. But I'm fine with taking the extra calories of using heavy cream, instead of subbing for evaporated milk, to make the dish a bit richer. You really lay out these videos in such a customizable way!
This channel is sooooo underrated. Such good quality and deserves way more attention
YAY! A good butter chicken recipe I can actually follow, and it looks amazing.
I’ve been looking at your old videos and I really enjoy this style than before
This is well made, thank you for including link to original recipes, good work!
man where have you been in my life! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEEEASE Keep making lower calorie versions of great recipes. Subscribed!
Cooked it last night - it was very tasty. Really appreciate how you keep everything simple for a home cook to follow. :)
Loving the series keep it going! Really enjoyed the inclusion of your roommates review at the end. Just one random internet person's suggestion, but I would enjoy having that secondary perspective as you continue on with the series. Again great series and great channel keep up the solid work!
Love your thoughtful feedback when comparing the two.. sounds like you can really get solid calorie cuts without compromising taste too much!
love your sort of scientific/analytic approach. great stuff!
I always wonder who actually takes out time of their day to watch your videos and then dislike them..like your video quality is awesome, keep it up💯‼
I love the idea of this series! And thank you so much for focusing on Indian cooking since this is my favorite cuisine. I will be trying this!!!
I really like all your lower calorie recipes. They are exactly what I’m looking for. I am definitely making this soon. Great job.
Awesome video man, and you cook like an authentic Indian chef, even the way you add salt with your hands, it’s so traditional! My dad once had a dietician from india, and one of his meals was a low calorie butter chicken. Instead of cream, he suggested using almond milk. Also reduced the amount of oils and butter.
Butter chicken is a beautiful thing. I am so excited to see your take!
Love the dish, the video (both in quality and information), and really want to try this!
This is so good Ethan. So glad you made this. Butter chicken is so delicious but not great on the macros at all. Thanks for making one with great macros. Definitely will be making this more often.
01:45 Don't add kasturi methi while cooking, only add it last just before turning off the stove. It won't leave the bitterness, just nice fragrance and flavour as it should.
Methi deffo has a bitter flavor tho, that's part of it's appeal.
@@abhaybhatt4286 true, though overcooking dry kasuri methi gives it unpalatable bitterness, so we mix it in last.
This is literally the exact dish I've been waiting for with this series
"Let those flavors get to know each other." That's a Babish classic
"Let these flavours mingle for a while." - British classic
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Not anymore ^^
Great idea on peanut butter.
I make this every week as its a family fave. My tip would be marinade the chicken as long as poss. Also single cream gives you the thicker and more tasty sauce and doesnt really up the calories. I also used chopped Tinned tomatoes saves messing about draining it
Awesome series
Good discussion at the end, Ethan. Here is one consideration on the lower calorie series that I don't think you have addressed (if you find it interesting): How satisfied are you after finishing both dishes and for how long can you go without feeling hungry again? Fats and fiber both contribute a great deal to the feeling of satiety, so I am curious about that factor.
It still has a pretty good amount of fat. Maybe not so much fiber because you're literally staining out the fibers, idk. And chicken breasts are higher in protein which helps a lot with satisfaction.
What I like about his series is that he focuses a lot on protein, which helps with feeling full and satisfied. And it's not like it's super low cal and would leave you lacking in energy, with the rice there's plenty of calories there for dinner.
I made this and it was the best meal I had had in a long time! So good! I marinated the chicken for around 6 hours beforehand.
I only swapped the evaporated milk for 10% cream, ( since we dont have it in my country), adds like 12 cals per serving
Thank you 😊 for showing us. Both of these recipes 😋. As an amateur home cook 🍳. I love trying new things.
I will be trying this one. Thank you for posting this video 📹. Keep up the great work 💪.
You actually just about met my macros for one meal with the low cal butter chicken, I might have to check this one out. Great work once again Ethan!
Thanks for another great video Ethan!
Awesome video, can’t wait to try it!
One of my favorite dishes and I’m on a crazy workout program right now, so this was awesome
I admire that you made such a incredible effort. All the folks who are shaming you before trying it.- Shame on them, besides as many of certain background balloon up as they age (And you know who you are). The idea of making a lower calorie alternative is a gift! Again, impressive work Ethan!
I'm so glad that you made a lower cal version. Since I'm allergic to cashews, it solves two problems at once!
Btw man, (from my consultant POV at least) it is so apparent that you were in consulting.
Your videos are so well structured. They are ready for a board presentation. :P
I'm going to try this recipe this weekend.
Never even had butter chicken but this low cal version is going on my list. Knowing you worked in consulting means your seal of approval for what checks the boxes for takeout foods means a lot.
I have made this recipe. Exactly as he made it. And it is the dopest thing I have ever put in my mouth!
I know I'm late to the party, but you've made me venture into Indian cooking and enjoying it greatly. I recently made it for my parents who were visiting me, and my mum liked it so much she asked whether I could cook it for the big family Christmas dinner, which I did! (Alongside your Vegetable Korma for Vegans and Vegetarians).
It was a great success and 2 out of 3 uncles wanted the recipe, so I sent them to your channel :D
I am a Pakistani mom of 3 , I love to watch your videos since in traditional cooking not much focus is given on nutrition values and options. I have just subscribed your channel to follow the great show. Keep it up, brother
I love your channel, the science behind the dishes and your 'lower calorie' series! Greetings from Germany :)
Discovered your channel from commenters sharing about it at Greg Doucette's. Thank you for the immaculate presentation and informative swaps! Also I LOVE butter chicken so this is a godsend. Subscribed!
Looks delicious😍 I’m gonna have to try this one out myself!
such a lovely video, well researched and edited
This is really impressive👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 just adding an information- turmeric isn’t added for colour. It’s a natural anti-inflammatory agent plus it has various health benefits. Butter chicken gets the colour from all the Indian spices u add like chilly powder.
After craving this last night and looking for recipes at net then this shows on top of my YT feed this morning 😍😍😍😍 thank you
Wow.. I am speechless. Superb substitutions 👍🏾👍🏾
waiting for this channel to blow up and get more famous. Given the quality I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.
i just tried this with basmati rice and as always your recipes don't disappoint. thank you so much your videos make me a better cook.
I approve of this recipe, looks really tasty might have to make this tonight
Love love these low cal recipies! Thanks, Ethan!!❤❤
I can tell you work really hard hope you’re doing well. Really enjoyed this video imma try it out :)
You are the first non-indian that I have seen put in the work to get Fenugreek/Kasuri Methi. Good job!
Just made the restaurant style one... turned out so f----ing good! Thanks for the recipe!
Nice mate. I love this take .
the low calorie version is right up my alley because i'm allergic to cashews
thanks ethan
Mate, cooked this last night for me & the bird. Going to be a staple from now on, cracking recipe !!!
I've seen many chefs cook the way you do when it comes to Indian food. I'd highly recommend you try to follow the steps to create a much more authentic version. Indian cooking is about building layers of flavour, so never dump all ingredients together. When making the gravy start off by softening onions and giving them some flavour, then adding all the 'masala's' including Coriander Powder, Turmeric, Red Chilli Powder. Once toasted, follow this by tomatoes. During every step you have to wait for your oil to separate and moisture to go away. It adds an impeccable flavor that has so much depth. Garam Masala should be a finishing touch, never add it and let that sautee for too long, it looses its fragrance.
This is so true. It’s key to cook things down and fry the spices. The technique matters. If you cook it down correctly you don’t have to sieve it.
You're recipes are really good. Loved this one. Keep going forward man.
Will be trying this on the weekend!
I highly recommend subbing in fresh ground turmeric for that powder. Powdered turmeric has no aroma whatsoever, it’s basically a colouring, while fresh turmeric has an amazing, powerful, fresh, difficult to describe (but delicious) smell. When I started using fresh turmeric e.g while making a curry paste I was amazed by its strong aroma. And as always, awesome video. You and Alex the french guy are IMO best cooking channels when it comes to really learning the craft. Your videos are very informative and often have a scientific approach, which I really like
Amazing vids man. You’re an inspiring dude.
I am surprised just how many calories you managed to shave off, holy crap! I think the best balance would probably be all the substitutions minus changing thighs for breast. That with some rice as mentioned and you have a pretty banging, significantly lower calorie dinner.
I was surprised too. It's great because it gives you good number of options depending on where and how much calories you want to lower it by.
You’d think that a dish with a name like *butter chicken* couldn’t be healthier but her comes the Polish Prefect of The Culinary Arts to do it.
@@a.h.tvideomapping4293 lmfao. I mean of course there would be ways to cut down on calories and make the the dish healthier but it never really hits home just how much you can cut down the calorie count of certain dishes until you see videos like this where you get a numerical breakdown.
1 year later: I just made it exactly this way tonight, and it's indeed fantastic.
Wow, I’m stunned! After struggling with an eating disorder where I forced myself to eat pretty gross low cal foods I convinced myself I liked, trying this was so comforting. Meals like this help me understand that whole foods are not bad and that there are ways to eat delicious food that’s still healthy. These recipes are helping me get back to eating actual food, can’t thank you enough!
This is genuinely so good! I'm veggie, so I used seitan instead of chicken and it worked great. I think that cuts the calories even more. I can't believe how rich and creamy it still tasted. I didn't even need to add the butter
there was a food truck i always went to for lunch for its butter chicken before the pandemic hit. hope to try this at home at some point
Nice! One possible improvemnt would be to do the initial cooking of the chicken in the same pan as the sauce and final dish. Two things acheived with this will be keeping the brown caramelized bits from the initial chicken cook for an additional layer of flavour in the dish and one less thing to clean.
Can’t wait to try this one
Ooooohhhh Ethan. This looks awesome!
Love the series keep it up.
This tasted fantastic! Thank you! :)
best cooking channel period
I recently made this, and it was delicious! Since I wanted to meal prep, I decided to 4x everything in the recipe. Through this process, I learned the instructions for boiling off the sauce for 6-8 minutes is not based on volume, but is a function of the diameter of the pot used. As a result, I had to spend around 25-30 minutes to get it to boil down to my desired consistency. If you are interested in getting the attention of the fitness community, I recommend putting 'ANABOLIC' somewhere in the title since the macros are pretty good for bulking.
2 weeks into my diet, perfect find!!
Thank you for this video!
Omg I so glad YT recommended me your channel 😭❤️🙌🏻
Need more videos like this!
Wow ethan
great moves
keep it up
proud of you
I love this series I personally workout and watch my macros and calories so this is def a must try and even to keep it under my calories and fat
It’s bad that whenever I hear “lower calorie” all that means to me is that I can eat more lol
Me Too
@@SimonWoodburyForget water is over twice as calorific per gram and the LEAST filling of carbs, fat and protien, so youre wrong in that regard, overconsumption of calories is what makes ppl be overweight, not the macro theyre eating. And since the lower fat and fat free versions of things generally have much more protien per calorie, theyre far more filling, please educate yourself before spouting uninformed and incorrect bullshit.
👌 Accurate
So glad you added the methi!
Love how you explain everything scientifically.Maybe you can try exploring south Indian cuisine like idli, sambar,masala dosa, medhu vada to name a few, if interested 😃
I appreciate that you actually came up with creative alternatives for some of the ingredients instead of just replacing everything with quinoa and chickpeas like every other healthy recipe does.
So glad you added the fenugreek. It ain't this dish without the fenugreek.
Such a gorgeous unique flavour.