Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken tikka masala. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Chicken Tikka Masala is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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 2 tbls butter or ghee
2. Get 1 onion, finally chopped
3. Take 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
4. Take 1/2 yellow bell pepper, chopped
5. Take 4 cloves garlic, minced
6. Make ready 1 tbls ground cumin
7. Make ready 1 tsp salt
8. Prepare 1 tsp ground ginger
9. Get 1 tsp cayenne pepper
10. Get 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
11. Make ready 1/4 tsp tumeric
12. Take 1 can (14 oz) tomato sauce
13. Take 1 cup heavy whipping cream
14. Get 2 tsp paprika
15. Get 1 tbls white sugar
16. Get 1 tbls vegetable oil
17. Make ready 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces
18. Take 1/2 tsp curry powder
19. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste (optional)
20. Take 1 tsp white sugar, or to taste (optional)
21. Take Chopped cilantro (optional)

Instructions 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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