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Chicken Tikka Masala.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken tikka masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Tikka Masala is something that I've loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken tikka masala using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. {Get of butter or ghee.
2. {Make ready of onion, finally chopped.
3. {Make ready of red bell pepper, chopped.
4. {Take of yellow bell pepper, chopped.
5. {Take of garlic, minced.
6. {Take of ground cumin.
7. {Prepare of salt.
8. {Take of ground ginger.
9. {Make ready of cayenne pepper.
10. {Prepare of ground cinnamon.
11. {Take of tumeric.
12. {Take of tomato sauce.
13. {Get of heavy whipping cream.
14. {Get of paprika.
15. {Prepare of white sugar.
16. {Prepare of vegetable oil.
17. {Take of skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces.
18. {Make ready of curry powder.
19. {Get of salt, or to taste (optional).
20. {Make ready of white sugar, or to taste (optional).
21. {Prepare of Chopped cilantro (optional).

Steps to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Heat butter or ghee in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion, peppers until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes..
2. 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..
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. 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..
6. Serve over basmati or jasmine rice. Top with chopped cilantro..
7. 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..
8. Enjoy!!.

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