Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Tikka Masala

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken tikka masala. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chicken Tikka Masala is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken tikka masala using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

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