I’ve never been to an Indian restaurant before but I think I’d love it! Truthfully we have an Indian restaurant or two in town and I really need to go there. But I’ll tell you what…I bet their butter chicken chicken is not much better than this divine concoction. I cannot imagine it could be. Yes, I said Indian food. I’m Cajun, but I love this butter chicken. Which when you think about it, Cajuns have a long history with eating different exotic foods. For instance, my parents live for Lent because that means fish every Friday and that means they can indulge in their favorite goo. Gasped goo. I’d walk in the door from school and want to gag and I knew dang well they were cooking goo fish. Another example, every Father’s Day meant there would be a ponce. Also referred to as gaug “gog”…I’m writing things I cannot even spell y’all. I just know what they are. My family would go stupid over this cajun delicacy. Here is a post from Acadiana Table that will tell you more about it. It’s a real thing though. So we have a long history of eating things that are different so what’s a little Indian food to a bunch of Cajuns? Exactly! I found this recipe here . This is a great Keto dish when you steam a little broccoli to go alongside it or make some cauliflower fried rice to go with it. I use my everyday Rock Crock from Pampered Chef to steam my broccoli for 5 minutes and it comes out perfectly every single time. What makes the butter chicken so perfect is the mix of the heavy cream (fat) and butter (healthy fat) with the chicken (protein). The tomato paste does have carbs. You use very little so it is spread out over several servings. I bought the Contadina brand and it has 6 grams of carbs 2 tablespoons and in our recipe we only need 1 1/2 tablespoons. So the carbs are minimal. I’ve learned to look at labels because carbs can vary over brands. So take a few in the store to check the carbs. It’s a good way to learn! So getting down to the recipe. It’s very simple and it makes enough for your lunch the next day. Or at least for me it does because no one else in my family eats it so there’s plenty for me!😉 Butter chicken Stuff you need~2 tablespoons butter or ghee 1 pound chicken breasts, cubed 1/2 medium onion, diced (optional)2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric3/4 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup heavy whipping cream1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste1 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt What to do with the stuff~I combine all of my spices in a pampered chef 1 cup prep bowl and then sprinkle it all over my cubed up chicken. Use your hands to rub those spices all into the chicken. It can sit for a little while if you want to let the chicken sort of soak in those spices. But it’s ok if you don’t. In a large skillet, melt butter or ghee (this is a keto suggested clarified butter and can be found in many stores now. If not Amazon has it). If you are using onion add it now and sauté until tender, add garlic towards the end and just sauté until fragrant. It does not take long. Now, add your spiced chicken to the skillet. Stir around until done and the chicken has soaked up that butter. It will smell heavenly. Next add your heavy cream and tomato sauce and whisk it until combined. Cook over medium low heat until the tomato paste and cream are blended together and the cream is thickening up a bit. The longer you let this simmer on medium low heat (whisk it or stir it some!)the thicker it will get. No need to add a thickener I promise. Now you serve it over your cauliflower rice or along side your buttered steamed broccoli and you are ready!! Keto-licious my friends!! It really is such a nice change of pace from grilled chicken or steak. Let me know what you think! This is definitely one of my favorites. Thanks for reading along! Glad I’ve found so many keto loving Cajun mama peeps! Keep calm and keto on! Take it one day at a time. Remember keto is a choice, your choice, and it is a way of eating not a diet. You are only as deprived if you let yourself feel that way. It is not that you have to eat this way, you choose to eat this way! Just that shift in words can make all the difference!

That is a picture of me, big daddy, my mama and daddy circca 1997 or so…at a pre-boucherie party. We eat some crazy things but we always have fun!!