The Tikka Masala Recipe My Family CAN'T Resist

This delicious Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe, which involves marinated chicken cooked and coated in a zesty tomato-cream sauce, is the ultimate Indian meal. My family orders this every time we go to an Indian restaurant, and now you can make it even better at home with this recipe.

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For the Chicken:

• 2 pounds chicken – both thighs and breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1/2 cup full-fat yogurt
• 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon finely grated garlic
• juice of 1/2 lemon, about 1 to ½ tablespoons
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground Kashmiri chili powder
• ½ teaspoon fenugreek, optional
• ½ to 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala
• 3 tablespoons ghee or oil
• coarse salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste

For the Sauce:

• 3 tablespoons ghee or oil
• 1 peeled small-diced red onion.
• 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon finely grated garlic
• 1 seeded thinly sliced serrano pepper
• 2 teaspoons Kashmiri chili powder
• ½ to 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala
• 3 cups tomato puree
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
• ½ teaspoon fenugreek, optional
• ¼ cup finely minced fresh cilantro
• coarse salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste

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[ShawhanFarms]

Wow, you nailed it! This Tikka Masala looks so rich and flavorful.

[metroplexchl]

Hermano....you are my fav chef ever! I made your ceasar salad with some chicken the other night. The family LOVED it. Can't wait to make this!
PS - to those reading ALWAYS use thighs! By far the best chicken meat ever.

[lisapop]

I ❤ any chef or cook that mentions having a garden

[delthomas-nm]

Chicken tikka is an Indian dish. The masala variation was invented by an Indian chef working in a restaurant in Glasgow in the 1960s to meet the demands of customers wanting a gravy to go with the dish.

[jamiesmama]

Looks delicious. Lamb Yahkni next, please.

[Mwoo]

Looks great. I don't think Tikka Masala is Indian per se, it's more of a British-Indian thing.

[annanimity]

Can Greek yogurt be used instead of whipping cream in the sauce?

[DennisBater]

I drooled all over my mouse pad! Thanks.

[pietbliksem]

To make the Tikka (or any Indian style dish) less spicy but still as flavourful, ie kid friendly, you can use a whole green Jalapeno in place of the Serrano, slit on one side, fried up with the onions. BTW you can (should) fry whole spices and leaves(bay) with the onions like the Indians do, it brings out much more flavour. Don't worry, they don't scorch. Then remove and discard the chilli before you add moisture. If you leave it in, it will of course have more burn, but not too bad as Jalapeno is milder than Serrano. That will add that green chilli savour without most of the sting. Here in South Africa we use that special green chilli bitterness without the burn in many dishes that kids also like and this is how. Of course you can halve and seed them, and then remove the chilli but I've found that my way doesn't sting any more than a pinch of black pepper and kids can generally deal with that if the food is yummy enough. We like to make our dishes milder than in India, then offer freshly made sambal (cubed tomato, chopped chilli, scallion, vinegar, salt, sugar and cilantro, basically any salsa works here) and chutney on the side to spice things up for adults.

[chrismorrison]

The chicken comes out best if you only half cook it on the grll, and let it finish cooking in the sauce.
It's still not even close to real tandoori chicken, you just can't duplicate that tenderness and texture without a tandoor.

[jamesbrandon]

And full fat yogurt is better for you anyways, anytime they mess with the fat content of an ingredient in a dish it’s not good for you, just like whole milk is way better for you than skim milk or 2%, the fat is good for you

[williambeacom]

cilantro? must have been a bad edit. @6:41

[adad]

one garam masala?!

one half

TEASPOON

my brother in christ, this isn't even a white man's tikka masala, this is chicken in vodka sauce

[richardthompson]

Frankly a little disappointing to not explain that this not from India.

[uuu]

restaurant quality uses: base gravy

why this recipe won't be restaurant quality.

[blinkvideo]

Wrong. It's an English dish. Invented in England.

[DennisNowland]

Chicken Tikka masala is British not indian.

[frankgyure]

Billy. Please I am not a troll. But I am not a fan of Indian or Asian influences. I know its popular. My background is Hungarian cooking and I know that is not the most popular. Take care and looking forward to your future videos.