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Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Tikka Masala combines marinated grilled chicken pieces with a creamy, spiced tomato-based sauce. The chicken is flavored with curry powder, garam masala, yogurt, and lemon juice, then baked until cooked through. The sauce features butter, ginger, garlic, fenugreek leaves, and cream, pureed into a smooth mixture that envelops the chicken, resulting in a rich and mildly spiced dish. This preparation yields tender chicken with a flavorful, velvety sauce, ideal to serve with naan bread or rice for a complete meal.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 10 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Indian, British
Ingredients
Grilled chicken:
- 1 ½ lbs chicken breast cut in 2 inch (5 cm) cubes, boneless skinless
- 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala ground
- ½ cup yogurt plain, whole, made from milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
Tikka masala sauce:
- 4 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 1 cup red onion roughly chopped
- 1 inch (2.5 cm) ginger piece
- 3 garlic peeled, cloves
- 1 tablespoons fenugreek leaves dry
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- 2 cups tomato chopped, canned
- 1- cup water
- ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Mix ‘Grilled Chicken’ ingredients in a medium bowl. Spread on a cookie sheet and set aside.
- Pre-heat oven at 425 °F/ 218 ℃.
- Place cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Flip the chicken pieces after 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a 3-qt Dutch oven over medium heat, add all the ‘Tikka Masala Sauce’ ingredients.
- Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
- Puree the sauce in a blender and bring it back to the Dutch oven over medium heat.
- Add chicken pieces to the sauce and stir. Cook COVERED on low heat for 20 minutes. Adjust salt, if required.
- Add a couple of tablespoons of water if the curry is too thick.
- Serve with good quality garlic naan.
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