Grilled Chicken Tikka

Name: Grilled Chicken Tikka
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mughlai (Delhi & Lahore)
Ingredients: 3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts; 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 cup plain yogurt; 1 tbsp pressed garlic; 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger; 0.5 tsp ground cumin; 0.5 tsp ground turmeric; 2.5 tbsp cayenne pepper; 0.333 tsp salt; 0.333 tsp fresh ground black pepper; melted butter or olive oil; lime

A South Asian dish of chicken, yogurt and lime, seasoned with ginger and cumin and grilled.

32 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 20 min · Cook 12 min · 32 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Clean your chicken, and cut it into cubes for threading on skewers. Take a fork and prick the chicken many times.
2
Put lemon juice in bowl with chicken, stir well, and set it aside. In a large bowl, mix yogurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, cayenne, salt and pepper.
3
Place the chicken in the bowl with the marinade, and marinate for at least 2 hours, preferably 4-6 hours.
4
Thread chicken onto skewers. Heat your grill with a nice flame and place chicken skewers on the grill.
5
Brush with butter or olive oil, and grill approximately 6 minutes on each side, or until done, having nice grill/char markiings.
6 min
6
Once you have grilled one side for 6 minutes, turn them over and brush with butter or olive oil, and grill 6 more minutes or until done.
6 min