Easy Butter Chicken Sandwich With Homemade Raita
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This butter chicken sandwich is a saucy, warm, and comforting handheld version of your favorite Indian dish! Make it with leftovers and some fresh homemade raita for an easy meal in 10 minutes or less.
We love our spicy butter chicken recipe so much, we couldn’t resist making another new fusion recipe inspired by it (check our our butter chicken pizza too)! This saucy butter chicken sandwich is the ultimate sub, complete with a side of sauce for dipping. It’s messy, it’s delicious, and it’s truly comfort food at its finest.
You can easily make this sandwich in less than 10 minutes if you use leftover butter chicken. Make some of our spicy butter chicken for dinner one night, and leave enough for sandwiches the next day. Or, you can use store-bought butter chicken or leftover takeout for an easy alternative to our homemade recipe.
What To Expect
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Why We Love This Recipe
We’re always looking for fun and unique ways to use our leftovers since we do so much cooking. And this saucy, savory, and spicy sandwich is the perfect example of an experiment gone right. While we’re always happy to enjoy leftover butter chicken as is, these sandwiches make for a really special lunch.
– Alex
Butter Chicken Sandwich Ingredients
- Butter chicken – We recommend making a fresh batch of our spicy butter chicken for this recipe. However, of course you can make your own favorite recipe, use store-bought butter chicken, or simply use takeout (leftovers work great)!
- Raita – Raita is a yogurt based Indian dip or condiment that makes for a creamy and fresh spread that perfectly compliments the butter chicken and keeps the sandwich from being too heavy or boring. Definitely don’t skip this ingredient!
- Sub rolls – A light, fluffy, and soft sub rolls works best for a butter chicken sandwich as it almost feels like dipping naan right into fresh takeout butter chicken.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How To Make A Butter Chicken Sandwich
Step 1: Make the raita. Combine the Greek yogurt, diced cucumber, cilantro, mint, lemon juice, garam masala, cumin, and sea salt in a bowl.
Step 2: Stir until well combined.
Step 3: Toast the sub rolls. Open them up and place them on a baking sheet, then broil on LOW for about 3 minutes until the insides of the rolls are golden brown.
Step 4: Spread a thick layer of raita inside the sub rolls.
Step 5: Use a slotted spoon to add butter chicken to the sandwiches without too much sauce. Then, use a regular spoon to add extra sauce over the chicken.
Expert Tips
Serving Suggestions
Every good sandwich deserves a side. Otherwise that sandwich you worked so hard to make just disappears far too soon! So we wanted to share some of our favorite sides to help inspire you:
Next time you have leftover butter chicken and don’t know what to do with it, try making this easy butter chicken sandwich recipe! Let us know what you think by rating, commenting, and sharing below.
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We hope you enjoy this recipe! When you try it out, please leave a review and a star rating in the comments below. Happy cooking! – Nicole and Alex
Easy Butter Chicken Sandwich With Homemade Raita
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Ingredients
- 4 servings butter chicken leftovers, store bought, or takeout
- 1 cup raita see below
- 4 8-inch sub rolls
Raita
- ¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
- ½ cup diced cucumber
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped mint
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon garam masala
- ⅛ teaspoon cumin
- 2 pinches sea salt
Instructions
- Reheat the butter chicken if using leftovers.
- Make the raita. Add the ingredients to a small bowl and stir well to combine.
- Lightly toast the sub rolls. Open the rolls and place them open-faced on a baking sheet, then broil on LOW for 3 minutes or until golden brown.
- Assemble the sandwiches. Spread the raita inside the sub rolls, then use a slotted spoon to add butter chicken to the sandwiches without too much sauce. Then, use a regular spoon to add extra sauce over the chicken.Fill a small bowl with butter chicken sauce, and serve on the side for dipping the sandwich into, au jus style.
Notes
Nutrition
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This recipe is really simple, but it’s easy and makes for a great lunch. Saucy, spicy, and comforting. Perfect for an easy meal in these cold months.
Actually I stumbled upon the recipe on my own because I had leftover takeout Butter chicken and no rice but I did have a bollio roll. I then looked online and saw that it’s actually a thing to make a sandwich out of the leftovers. Love it!
Such a great way to use the leftovers!
This is such a fun use of leftover butter chicken when I want something a little different! I love how the raita is super creamy and fresh – it’s the perfect condiment on this sandwich. Definitely a go-to when I have leftover Indian food and sub rolls laying around.
Oh, that sounds SO good!
Thank you! It tastes as good as it sounds!