Recipe

Indian Chicken 65

Name: Indian Chicken 65
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter); 1 onion, finely chopped; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon salt, or more to taste (Optional); 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce; 1 cup heavy whipping cream; 1 tablespoon white sugar, or more to taste (Optional); 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-size pieces; ½ teaspoon curry powder

A tikka masala sauce from a classic curry-stand recipe. This is not haute cuisine; it's the kind of nuclear-orange tikka masala you crave when you stumble out of a pub at 2 a.m. I make vast quantities of this sauce at one time as it freezes well. I also use more cayenne pepper than 1 teaspoon, but I give out the recipe like this for people who don't like heat.

Prep 15mCook 65mTotal 80mServes 6

Ingredients

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Instructions

1
Gather all ingredients.
2
Heat ghee in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes.
3
Stir in garlic; cook and stir just until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, ginger, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and turmeric into onion mixture; fry until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
4
Stir tomato sauce into onion and spice mixture; bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.
5
Simmer sauce for 10 minutes, then mix in cream, 1 tablespoon sugar, and paprika. Bring sauce back to a simmer and cook, stirring often, until sauce is thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
6
Heat vegetable oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Stir chicken into hot oil; add curry powder. Sear chicken until lightly browned but still pink inside, about 3 minutes; stir often.
7
Transfer chicken and any pan juices into sauce. Simmer chicken in sauce until no longer pink, about 30 minutes; adjust sugar and salt to taste.

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