Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken tikka masala. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chicken Tikka Masala is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

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