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Tender Homemade Pakistani Chicken Tikka

Tender Homemade Pakistani Chicken Tikka is an Amazing appetizer is made by marinating chicken breast with a few ingredients and homemade Tikka Masala.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Marinating time7 hours
Total Time7 hours 25 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani
Diet: Halal
Keyword: chicken recipe, chicken tikka, homemade tikka masala, tikka masala
Servings: 6 skewers
Calories: 225kcal
Author: Sarah Mirza

Equipment

  • Barbecue grill
  • skewers
  • Aluminium foil

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs chicken breast
  • olive oil spray
  • food color

Ingredients for the paste

Garnish

Instructions

  • In a bowl, add all the ingredients for the paste.
  • Blend it for 2 minutes in a blender until it all the ingredients turn into a paste.
  • In a bowl, add chicken, then the paste, and food coloring.
  • Mix well.
  • Then add a little steel bowl on top of the chicken, place a lit coal on the steel bowl.
  • Add 1 tsp of olive oil, as soon as the smoke comes out you'd need to cover the bowl to capture the smoke for 3 minutes.
  • Lift the lid, remove the steel bowl with coal and discard it.
  • Mix it well again.
  • Cover it with an airtight lid and place it in refrigerator.
  • After 2 hours to overnight, in a baking pan soak the skewers in water for 5 minutes if they are wooden.
  • Take the chicken mixture out of the refrigerator.
  • Start applying the chicken on the skewers.
  • Wrap each skewer in aluminum foil.
  • Twisting each end. (Refer to the video or process shot.)
  • Turn on the barbecue grill and preheat.
  • Place each skewers on the grill, and cook for 10 mins on each side.
  • Make sure it's cooked from all sides.
  • Take the foil wrapped skewers off the grill.
  • Unwrap the foil from the skewers.
  • Spray the chicken skewers so it won't stick to the grill.
  • Spray the grill with olive oil spray also.
  • Then lay each skewer without foil on the grill.
  • Char it on all sides.
  • After 3 minutes take it off the grill.
  • Garnish with fresh lemon juice and chaat masala.
  • Serve it with chutney.

Video

Nutrition

Serving: 6skewers | Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.3g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 182mg | Potassium: 573mg | Fiber: 0.02g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 97IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg