Simple Way to Make Perfect Chicken Tikka Masala

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken tikka masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken tikka masala using 31 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Get Chicken Marinade
2. Make ready 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of excess fat
3. Prepare 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
4. Get Juice of half a lemon, about 1 tbsp
5. Get 2 garlic cloves, minced
6. Make ready 1 " piece of ginger, minced
7. Make ready 2 tsp garam masala
8. Make ready 1 tsp turmeric
9. Take 1 tsp paprika
10. Take 1 tsp ground cumin
11. Make ready 1/4 tsp cinnamon
12. Get 1 tsp kosher salt
13. Prepare Sauce
14. Take 4 tbsp unsalted butter
15. Get 1 medium sweet onion, minced
16. Take 2 small jalapeños, seeds removed and minced
17. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, minced
18. Get 2 " piece of ginger, minced
19. Take 2 tsp garam masala
20. Get 2 tsp ground cumin
21. Get 1 tsp turmeric
22. Take 1 tsp ground coriander
23. Get 1 tsp paprika
24. Make ready 1/8 tsp cayenne
25. Make ready 1/2 tsp kosher salt
26. Take 1/2 cup chicken broth
27. Take 1.5 tbsp tomato paste
28. Make ready 23 oz tomato sauce
29. Take 1 tsp brown sugar
30. Make ready 1 cup heavy whipping cream
31. Take Chopped fresh cilatro, for garnishing

Instructions to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Marinate and Prepare the Chicken:
2. Combine all marinade ingredients (except chicken) and mix well. Add chicken thighs and toss well to coat. Cover and marinate at least 1 hour and up to 5 hours.
3. When ready to cook chicken, place a rack inside a foil-lined, rimmed cookie sheet. Turn broiler on high, and move oven rack to 6"-8" (second level for my oven) from heating element.
4. Remove thighs and shake off excess marinade. Place on rack, not touching. Place in oven under broiler.
5. Remove sheet from oven when top has a nice char and looks mostly dry. Flip chicken pieces and char the other side. Roughly chop chicken and set aside while you prepare the sauce.
6. Prepare the Sauce:
7. Mix all dry spices together up to kosher salt, set aside.
8. Melt butter over medium-high heat in a non-reactive pot (no cast iron) until starting to foam.
9. Add jalapeños and sautee one minute. Add onions and sautee, stirring frequently until onions start to soften. Approximately 3-4 minutes.
10. Add garlic and ginger, sautee until fragrant, approximately 1 minute.
11. Add dry spice mix and stir constantly until fragrant, 30 seconds.
12. Add tomato paste and sautee until well mixed.
13. Add chicken broth to deglaze pot and reduce heat to medium.
14. Add tomato sauce and stir well. Add brown sugar and mix well. Taste at this point and salt to taste if necessary. If sauce is very thin (does not coat the spoon well), simmer a little longer to thicken.
15. Add chopped chicken, stir and cover. Let flavors combine for 5 minutes.
16. Add heavy whipping cream, stir well but do no let simmer after adding cream. Warm through and remove from heat once hot.
17. Serve with basmati rice, warm naan bread and garnish with cilantro.

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