Supersize Me! BBQ butter chicken skewers

HNNNNGGGHHH

This is one of my most-requested recipes.

You’re likely familiar with butter chicken as a staple on Indian restaurant menus all over the UK. A recent dish, it originated in Delhi sometime in the 40s or 50s, depending on your source, but definitely not in the UK, as is often claimed (probably due to confusion with chicken tikka masala).

Usually, it’s a combination of tandoor-cooked chicken and the butter-boosted sauce. However, you won’t be surprised to learn that a ‘regular’ BBQ (meaning ‘regular’ here in the UK) works spectacularly well. Due to the magic created by little drips of fat hitting hot coals and sending up corresponding curls of smoke, you end up with something full of flavour, and that’s before we’ve even talked about the sauce.

This is the kind of recipe you pull out when you want to up the ante a bit, and I’m certain I’ve never served it without at least one person taking me aside and giving me the hopeful ‘do share’ stare. I hope it serves you just as well!