Chicken Tikka Masala
Delicious indian/british comfort food, easily made at home.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- For chicken:
- 4 large chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ginger powder
- For sauce:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion - diced
- 5 cloves garlic - minced
- 2 - 14.5 ounce cans of diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- dash of chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cream or milk
- 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
Instructions
- Instructions for chicken:
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a bowl, combine Greek yogurt, salt, chili powder, garam masala, garlic powder and ginger powder and mix well.
- Dip raw chicken breasts into yogurt mixture and place on a greased metal baking pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until chicken breasts are cooked thoroughly.
- Broil for 2-3 minutes at the end to brown up the chicken slightly.
- Remove from oven and allow chicken breasts to cool then dice them up.
- Instructions for sauce:
- In a large pot, add olive oil, yellow onion and garlic and stir over medium heat until onions begin to soften.
- Add diced tomatoes and stir.
- Stir in the garam masala, curry powder, sugar, chili powder and salt and bring mixture to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the cream or milk and sour cream or plain yogurt.
- Add in diced chicken, stir well and serve over rice with some naan bread.