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Butter Chicken Tikka

Prajakta
Butter chicken tikkas are soft succulent boneless pieces of chicken marinated in home made butter chicken marinade and grilled.
5 from 9 votes
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Rest in refrigerator 12 hours
Total Time 12 hours 35 minutes
Course Appetizer, barbecue, grill, Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Barbecue / Grill / Skillet / Tava
  • Bowl
  • Skewers
  • Chopping board
  • Knife
  • Measuring spoons / Cups
  • Small steel bowl / Vati
  • Lid for bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 500 Gm Boneless Chicken
  • 1.5 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander powder
  • 1 tablespoon Cumin powder
  • 1 tablespoon Red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon Amchur powder
  • ½ teaspoon Garam masala
  • 2 tablespoon Cashew paste
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tablespoon Fresh cream
  • 2 tablespoon Tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Crushed Kasuri methi
  • ¼ cup hung curd
  • 1 tablespoon Roasted besan
  • 1 cup Onion big squares
  • 1 Tomatoes big cubes
  • 1 cup Capsicum big squares
  • 1 Jalapeno big pieces
  • 1 teaspoon Ghee
  • 1 piece Charcoal
  • 2 tablespoon Butter

Instructions
 

Marinate

  • Ingredients
    Butter chicken
  • Take a big bowl and add oil, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, amchur and garam masala and mix well.
  • Then add cashew paste, ginger garlic paste, fresh cream, tomato paste, salt and sugar. Mix everything well.
  • Now add kasuri methi, hung curd and roasted besan and mix everything till well combined.
  • To this marinade add chicken, tomatoes, onions, capsicum and jalapenos. Coat all of them properly with the marinade.
  • Let the chicken marinate for at least an hour or preferably overnight. This will make the chicken soft and juicy.

Smoking the chicken

  • Heat the charcoal over the gas flame.
  • Make a small pit in the center of the chicken and put a small steel bowl. Put the heated charcoal in it and pour a teaspoon of ghee on top of it.
  • Cover the bowl with a plate or lid and let it smoke for 10 to 15 mins. Then take the charcoal out and cover the bowl again and set it aside.

Prepping the skewers

  • If you are using wooden skewers, soak them in water for couple of hours. This will stop the skewers from burning while grilling.
  • On the skewers arrange the vegetables and chicken.

Barbecue /Grilling

  • Heat up the barbecue machine till it reaches 400 F.
  • Then arrange the chicken skewers on the grilling plate or grilling mat and let it cook.
  • If you are doing it on griddle, heat up the griddle and brush it lightly with butter.
  • Place the skewers on it and let it cook.
  • For both the barbecue as well as griddle keep turning the chicken on all the side to cook evenly and perfectly charred.
  • Serve them hot with a drizzle of butter, heavy cream, onion and a mint chutney for accompaniment.

Notes

  • For best results marinate the chicken a day before.
  • You can replace cashew paste with magaz paste.
  • Do not forget to soak the skewers at least an hour before stacking them with chicken to avoid burning of skewers while grilling. 
  • You can replace tomato paste with tomato puree.
Keyword backyard cooking, barbecue, chargrilled, chicken, flavorful, gilled, indian, slow cooking, summer, tikka
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