{"id":1370,"date":"2016-03-01T11:33:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T16:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:43:27","slug":"chicken-tikka-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/chicken-tikka-masala\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tikka Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicken Tikka Masala may not be an authentic Indian dish, but\u00a0it’s served in many Indian restaurants and my husband Ben and I love it all the same. I’ve recently come to believe\u00a0that as long as a\u00a0dish tastes great, authenticity isn’t always of the utmost importance. I’d been wanting to make this creamy spicy heavenly dish\u00a0at home but the spice mix was\u00a0a mystery, so Ben and I attended a “Spices of India” class and it turns out that it’s easy\u00a0to\u00a0make. We still\u00a0had to play around with the spices and ended up adding\u00a0many more\u00a0to get it to taste just the way we like it. We were very happy to discover that Cayenne pepper is the key ingredient to adjust the spice level of the dish since we love spicy!<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/h3>
  • 3<\/span> pounds<\/span> boneless chicken thighs<\/span><\/li>
  • 2<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> kosher salt<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>

    For the Marinade<\/h4>
    • 1<\/span> lemon<\/span> lemon juice<\/span><\/li>
    • 1<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> red chili powder<\/span><\/li>
    • 2<\/span> cups<\/span> plain yogurt<\/span><\/li>
    • 4<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> grated ginger<\/span><\/li>
    • 4<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> minced garlic<\/span><\/li>
    • 4<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> Tandoori spice mix<\/span> recipe follows<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>

      For the Sauce<\/h4>
      • 2<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> ghee<\/span><\/li>
      • 6<\/span> cardamom<\/span> pods<\/span><\/li>
      • 2<\/span> cinnamon sticks<\/span><\/li>
      • 4<\/span> whole cloves<\/span><\/li>
      • 56<\/span> ounces<\/span> diced fire roasted tomatoes<\/span> canned<\/span><\/li>
      • 3<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> tomato paste<\/span><\/li>
      • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> heavy cream<\/span><\/li>
      • 3 1\/2<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> garam masala<\/span><\/li>
      • 2<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> honey<\/span><\/li>
      • 1 1\/4<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> kosher salt<\/span><\/li>
      • 1<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> paprika<\/span><\/li>
      • 1\/2<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground cumin<\/span><\/li>
      • 1\/2<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground coriander<\/span><\/li>
      • 1\/2<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground ginger<\/span><\/li>
      • 1\/4<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground tumeric<\/span><\/li>
      • 1\/4<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground cloves<\/span><\/li>
      • 1\/4<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> freshly ground black pepper<\/span><\/li>
      • 1<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> cayenne pepper<\/span> adjust to increase or decrease spice level<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>

        For the Tandoori spice mix<\/h4>
        • 4<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> paprika<\/span><\/li>
        • 2<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> garam masala<\/span><\/li>
        • 2<\/span> tablespoons<\/span> ground cumin<\/span><\/li>
        • 2<\/span> teaspoons<\/span> fennel seeds<\/span><\/li>
        • 1<\/span> tablespoon<\/span> ground coriander<\/span><\/li>
        • 1<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> ground tumeric<\/span><\/li>
        • 1\/4<\/span> teaspoon<\/span> cayenne pepper<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n

          Instructions<\/h3>

          Prepare the Tandoori spice mix<\/h4>
          • Combine all the spices in a medium sized bowl and whisk together well. Keep in an air-tight container for up to 6 months.<\/div>
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            Marinate the chicken<\/h4>
            • Rinse the chicken with cold water and pat them dry with paper towels. Season them on both sides with the kosher salt.<\/div><\/li>
            • In a large bowl or glass container, combine the lemon juice, red chili powder, yogurt, ginger, garlic and Tandoori Spice. Cover with plastic wrap or a lid and marinate for at least 1 hour, or as long as 6 hours.<\/div>
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              Broil the chicken<\/h4>
              • Preheat the oven to Broil.<\/div><\/li>
              • Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lay the chicken pieces on top in a single layer.<\/div>
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              • Place the baking sheet in the middle oven rack and broil the chicken until the chicken chars slightly, about 10 minutes. If a lot of liquid starts pooling on the baking sheet, transfer chicken to a fresh baking sheet lined with aluminium foil and place back in the oven.<\/div>
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                Make the sauce<\/h4>
                • Melt the ghee in a large saut\u00e9 pan over medium-low heat. Add the cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves. Stir fry until fragrant.<\/div><\/li>
                • Add the diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Saut\u00e9 for 3 minutes.<\/div><\/li>
                • Add the cream, garam masala and honey and stir. Add the salt, paprika, cumin, coriander, ginger, tumeric, cloves, black pepper and cayenne.<\/div>
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                • Stir to blend, then add the chicken. Cover the pot partially and simmer for 15 minutes on low.<\/div><\/li>
                • Serve with Basmati rice or Naan.<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n
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                  Chicken Tikka Masala may not be an authentic Indian dish, but\u00a0it’s served in many Indian restaurants and my husband Ben and I love it all the same. I’ve recently come to believe\u00a0that as long as a\u00a0dish tastes great, authenticity isn’t always of the utmost importance. I’d been wanting to make this creamy spicy heavenly dish\u00a0at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":["default"],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[509],"tags":[30,55,239],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipies","tag-chicken","tag-curry","tag-indian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Chicken-TikkaMasala_junkoskitchen.jpg?fit=4912%2C3264&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6UYyD-m6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3844,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/3844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vociferous.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}