🌚 BA's Best Chicken Tikka Masala 🐐
YIELD: 4-6 meals
SOURCE: Bon Appetit
INGREDIENT QUANTITY PROCEDURE
garlic cloves, microplaned
6
  1. 1 Combine in small bowl.
ginger, microplaned
4 tsp
ground turmeric
4 tsp
garam masala
2 tsp
ground coriander
2 tsp
ground cumin
2 tsp
whole-milk plain yogurt
1 1 2 cups
  1. 2 Whisk with half of spice mixture in second bowl.
  2. 3 Refrigerate other half.
salt
1 tbsp
chicken thighs, halved lengthwise
2 lb
  1. 4 Marinate in yogurt mixture for 4-12 hours.
  1. 5 Preheat broiler.
  2. 6 Broil until blackened on top (10-40 minutes).
ghee
3 tbsp
  1. 7 Cook, stirring often, until paste has darkened (~5 minutes).
  2. 8 Add remaining spice mixture.
  3. 9 Cook, scraping often, until bottom of pot browns (~4 minutes)
onion, thinly sliced
1
tomato paste
1 4 cup
dried Chiles de Árbol
2
whole-peeled tomatoes
28 oz
  1. 10 Crush tomatoes by hand and add.
  2. 11 Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer, cooking until sauce thickens (~8 minutes).
heavy cream
2 cups
  1. 12 Simmer 8-10 minutes.
  2. 13 Add chicken, simmer 30-40 minutes.
chopped cilantro
3 4 cup
SCALING: