Poor Man's Butter Chicken

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Poor Man's Butter Chicken ($3.75 per)

Butter Chicken doesn't have to be ordered from your local Indian restaurant and it can still taste great while barely hitting your wallet. Cooking can be overwhelming and feel not worth investing 30 minutes plus just for a meal. Try this quick, inexpensive and easy recipe that feeds 2. 

  • $3.75 per serving
  • 20 Minute cook time

Butter Chicken

**This is not what it actually looks like ^


**This is what it actually looks like but without chicken^

Step 1: Grocery Shopping

Buying in bulk and on sale will decrease cost especially since all the ingredients are not fresh.

Ingredients


White Rice - Delicious Kitchen Premium Jasmine Scented White Rice, 8 kg (17.6 lb)
Cost: $ 18.97 at Walmart 
Calories: 27,200
Calories per dollar: 1434


Chick Peas - Great Value No Salt ChickPeas, 540 mL
Cost: $ 1.47 or 4 for $5 at Walmart
Calories: 200
Calories per dollar: 136.05


Butter Chicken Sauce - KFI Butter Chicken Sauce, KFI Butter Chicken, 650 mL
Cost: $6.47 at Walmart
$12 at Costco for a two pack
Total Calories: 660
Calories per dollar: 102


Peas and Carrots - Great Value Peas and carrots, 750 g
Cost: $2.47 at Walmart
Total Calories: 397
Calorie per dollar: 160
You can also use corn as well

Optional

Chicken Strips - Great Value Chicken Strips (Value Size), 1.5 kg (1500g)
Cost: $9.77 at Walmart
Total Calories: 3837 
Calorie per dollar: 392.73

Total

Cost: $29.38 without chicken, $39.15 with chicken
To anchor these 2024 prices due to inflation it is 5.07x more than a 4L of milk ($5.79)

Optional Sides

Naan Bread - Tandoori Naan, Plain (400g) (5 pieces)
Cost: $3.99
Calories: 1400
Calorie per dollar: 351



Step 2: Cooking

Recipes Ingredients

  • 2 cup white rice
Cost: $0.40 
Calories: 412 
  • 1 can of chickpeas
Cost: $1.47
Calories: 200
  • 1 cup of butter chicken sauce (or half a jar)
Cost: $3.25
Calories: 330
  • 1 cup peas and carrots
Cost: $0.82
Calories: 53
  • 4 Chicken Strips 
Cost: $1.56
Calories: 613.92
  • Naan Bread (Side)
Cost: $0.79
Calories: 280


Instructions

Rice
  1. Add 2 cups of water to a pot bring to boil
  2. Add 1 cup of rice
  3. Maintain simmer - Reduce heat to low, cover pot with a tight fitting lid.
  4. Cook until the water is absorbed, about 18 minutes.

Sauce
  1. Pour butter chicken sauce in a pot.
  2. Warm up sauce
  3. Pour chickpeas into a pot.
  4. Microwave veggies then pour in a pot.
Chicken Strips
  1. Heat in air fryer for 10 minutes flip in-between
Naan
  1. Warm up on the stove in a pan

Combine and Serve


Tips
  • Try broccoli instead of peas and carrots.
  • Add cilantro to really elevate your cooking.
  • Use chicken breast instead of chicken strips. 

Overall

Without Chicken
Cost: $5.94 or $2.97 per person
Calories: 995 or 498 per person

With Chicken
Cost: $7.5 or $3.75 per person
Calories: 1609 or 804 per person


With naan bread on the side you have a complete meal getting close to 1000 calories for under $5 per serving all with a total cook time under 20 minutes. To anchor these 2024 prices due to inflation it is 64% of the value of a 4L of milk ($5.79)  


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