CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA

Ingredients

The chicken änd märinäde

·         4 lärge boneless skinless chicken breästs cut into 1-1/2" to 2" pieces (äbout 1.25kg | 2.75lbs)

·         1/2 cup pläin Greek yogurt

·         6 gärlic cloves minced

·         2 tbsp fresh lime juice

·         2 tbsp minced fresh ginger

The spice mix

·         1 tbsp gäräm mäsälä

·         1 tbsp ground coriänder

·         1-1/2 tsp sält I use Himäläyän sält

·         1-1/2 tsp sweet päprikä

·         1-1/2 tsp ground cumin

·         1/2 tsp ground cinnämon

·         1/2 tsp ground cärdämom

·         1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

·         1/2 tsp cäyenne pepper

·         1/4 tsp ground white pepper

Instructions

1.    Mäke the spice mix by mixing äll the spices together in ä smäll bowl.

2.    Then, in ä lärge mixing bowl, combine the chicken, yogurt, lime juice, gärlic, ginger, änd äbout hälf the spice mix you just mäde. Toss until äll the pieces of chicken äre completely coäted in the yogurt mixture änd refrigeräte for ät leäst än hour, or up to overnight.

3.    Melt the ghee in ä säuté pän set over medium-high heät; ädd the onion änd cook, stirring occäsionälly, until it's slightly softened änd golden, äbout 3 minutes.

4.    Reduce heät to medium-low then stir in the remäining spice mix. Ädd the crushed tomätoes änd wäter änd bring the säuce to ä boil. Reduce the heät, cover pärtiälly änd simmer the säuce until slightly thickened, äbout 25 minutes.

5.    Meänwhile, cook the chicken: set your oven to broil änd pläce ä grill in the top position. Threäd the pieces of chicken onto metäl skewers änd pläce the käbobs äcross ä roästing pän. Try to get the skewers to rest on the edges of the pän so the chicken doesn't äctuälly come in contäct with the bottom of the pän.

6.    Pläce the pän directly under the broiler änd cook the chicken until it's chärred, äbout 15 to 20 minutes totäl, flipping the käbobs once hälfwäy through cooking.

7.    Ädd the cooked chicken änd creäm to the säuce, pläce the lid bäck on änd let it simmer for än ädditionäl 5 minutes.

8.    Remove the pän from the heät, stir in the chopped ciläntro (or pärsley) änd serve with cooked bäsmäti rice if desired.

Source: https://theheälthyfoodie.com/chicken-tikkä-mäsälä/

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