Chicken Tikka Recipe | Easy Chicken Tikka recipe with step by step pictures and instructions. Chicken tikka is spicy chicken starter where boneless chicken pieces are marinated with spices and baked, grilled or cooked in stove. I have made tandoori chicken many times. Chicken tikka is similar to tandoori chicken but we use boneless chicken for tikka. We can make chicken tikka masala using leftover tikkas.
Marinate the chicken with spices and curd. For best results allow it to marinate overnight. It can be prepared as starters for party. Serve chicken tikkas with green chutney. You can easily cook this on stove top using pan and use charcoal at the end to get smoky flavor. I grilled these in oven. Adding food color is optional. If you want the bright color as we get in restaurants can add a pinch of food color.
Do try and let me know your feedback. You can also try the below chicken recipes
Chicken Tikka Recipe | Easy Chicken Tikka recipe
Ingredients
- Boneless Chicken 400 grams
- Onions 1 cubed
- Capsicum ½ cubed
- Butter for brushing
First marination
- Salt ½ tsp
- Red chilli powder ½ tsp
- Turmeric powder ½ TSP
- Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Second marination
- Curd 4 tbsp
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Red chilli powder 2 tsp
- Coriander powder 1 tsp
- Garam masala 1 tsp
- Pepper powder ½ tsp
- Cumin powder ¼ tsp
- Kasturi methi 1 tsp
- Pinch of food color optional
Instructions
- Cut the boneless chicken as cubes, wash and keep it ready.
- Cut the onions and capsicum and keep it ready.
- Mix the items listed under first marination with chicken and keep it aside for 15 minutes
- Mix all the ingredients under second marination as thick paste. Use hung curd or Greek yogurt. You can prepare hung curd by putting normal curd in muslin cloth to drain all water.
- Add the chicken pieces to the thick paste and marinate nicely.
- Add the cubed onions and capsicum also to the chicken and mix nicely.
- Chicken should be marinated for min of one hour. You can marinate overnight for good results.
- Line the baking tray with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 225°C for 20 mins.
- Arrange the chicken and vegetables in skewers alternatively and bake in the same temperature for 20 to 25 minutes till chicken is nicely grilled. Flip the chicken once in ten minutes to cook evenly.
- Brush it with butter five minutes before taking out of oven for nice glaze and flavor.
Notes
How to make Chicken Tikka with step by step pictures
Cut the boneless chicken as cubes, wash and keep it ready.
Cut the onions and capsicum and keep it ready.
Mix the items listed under first marination with chicken and keep it aside for 15 minutes.
Mix all the ingredients under second marination as thick paste. Use hung curd or Greek yogurt. You can prepare hung curd by putting normal curd in muslin cloth to drain all water.
Add the chicken pieces to the thick paste and marinate nicely.
Add the cubed onions and capsicum also to the chicken and mix nicely.
Marinate the chicken for minimum of one hour. You can marinate overnight for good results.
Line the baking tray with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 225°C for 20 mins.
Arrange the chicken and vegetables in skewers alternatively and bake in the same temperature for 20 to 25 minutes till chicken is nicely grilled. Flip the chicken once in ten minutes to cook evenly.
Brush it with butter five minutes before taking out of oven for nice glaze and flavor.
Serve chicken tikkas hot with green chutney.
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