Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken tikka masala. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Tikka Masala is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken tikka masala using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
- Get 2 tbls butter or ghee
- Take 1 onion, finally chopped
- Prepare 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
- Take 1/2 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- Prepare 4 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 1 tbls ground cumin
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 tsp ground ginger
- Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1/4 tsp tumeric
- Prepare 1 can (14 oz) tomato sauce
- Take 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- Get 2 tsp paprika
- Prepare 1 tbls white sugar
- Prepare 1 tbls vegetable oil
- Prepare 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
- Take 1/2 tsp curry powder
- Take 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste (optional)
- Get 1 tsp white sugar, or to taste (optional)
- Make ready Chopped cilantro (optional)
Steps to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
- Heat butter or ghee in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion, peppers until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Serve over basmati or jasmine rice. Top with chopped cilantro.
- 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.
- Enjoy!!
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