Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chicken tikka masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of my favourite dishes, and this recipe is the bomb! Everything is made in the same pan, so the flavour of the meat transfers. Proper Chicken Tikka Masala served at good Indian restaurants is made with yoghurt marinated chicken which is then chargrilled so it has that gorgeous smokey flavour.

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Chicken Tikka Masala is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken tikka masala using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Get 2 tbls butter or ghee
2. Take 1 onion, finally chopped
3. Take 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
4. Take 1/2 yellow bell pepper, chopped
5. Take 4 cloves garlic, minced
6. Prepare 1 tbls ground cumin
7. Make ready 1 tsp salt
8. Take 1 tsp ground ginger
9. Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper
10. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
11. Get 1/4 tsp tumeric
12. Make ready 1 can (14 oz) tomato sauce
13. Get 1 cup heavy whipping cream
14. Prepare 2 tsp paprika
15. Make ready 1 tbls white sugar
16. Make ready 1 tbls vegetable oil
17. Prepare 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
18. Get 1/2 tsp curry powder
19. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste (optional)
20. Make ready 1 tsp white sugar, or to taste (optional)
21. Prepare Chopped cilantro (optional)

I had no one to share this chicken tikka masala with! So I had all four servings in one whole day. Chicken tikka masala is a dish made by cooking chunked marinated chicken in an orange spiced curry. Chicken tikka masala has been acknowledged as "The true natural dish of Britain" for decades.

Instructions to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Heat butter or ghee in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion, peppers until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Stir chicken into hot oil, sprinkle with curry powder and sear chicken until lightly browned but still pink inside, about 3 minutes, stir often.
3. Stir in garlic, and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in cumin, 1 tsp salt, ginger, cayenne, cinnamon and tumeric, fry until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
4. Stir in tomato sauce, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer sauce for 10 minutes, then mix in cream, paprika and 1 tbls sugar. Bring sauce back to a simmer and cook, stirring often, until sauce has thickened, 10-15 minutes.
5. Transfer chicken and any pan juices Into the sauce. Simmer chicken in sauce until no longer pink. About 30 minutes. Adjust salt and sugar to taste.
6. Serve over basmati or jasmine rice. Top with chopped cilantro.
7. Note: sugar is optional in this recipe. The bell peppers (to me) add enough sweetness. You can also adjust the cayenne level to your liking. The heavy cream really tames down the heat.
8. Enjoy!!

The only ingredient you might not have already have in your pantry is garam masala—it's basically the Indian version of Chinese. This dish is made with chicken that gets marinated in a spicy curry sauce with plain yogurt and cooked with tomatoes, spices, and more plain yogurt. While you'll get the best results on your stovetop, a more convenient version of chicken tikka masala can be made using your slow cooker. This Chicken Tikka Masala recipe features succulent pieces of chicken that are marinated in a yogurt sauce mingled with aromatic Indian spices, then skewered, grilled, and simmered in a luxuriously. This Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe is so easy to make right at home using simple and delicious ingredients including spices, tomato sauce, onion, garlic, ginger, cream, and butter.

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