Chicken tikka (oven roasted or barbecued marinated chicken)

This amazing oven roasted chicken tikka recipe will have your family and friends coming home for more. Restaurant style or prepackaged spice mixes may have food colour and or many preservatives you can’t pronounce. This home made version is free of preservatives and food colour and great for meal planning and for your family.

Two marinades are a must. The first marinade is with lemon juice, ginger, garlic and salt. This will open the pores and will help absorb other flavours from second marinade. Set aside for 20 minutes then add second marinade and leave for 6 hours and either grill on barbecue or hot oven.

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds boneless chicken

  First marinade

• 3 tbsp lemon juice

• 1 tbsp garlic paste

• 1 tbsp ginger paste

• 1 tsp sea salt

• 1.4 cup olive oil

  Second marinade

• 6 tbsp plain Greek yogurt

• 1 1/2 tbsp tomato paste

• 2 tsp sea salt

• 1/2 tsp cayenne

• 3/4 tsp turmeric powder

• 1 tsp cumin powder

• 1 tsp dried parsley

Instructions:

1. Wash and dry chicken pieces

2. In a bowl mix ingredients from first marinade

3. Add dried chicken pieces into marinade and marinade for 20 minutes in the refrigerator

4. In another bowl mix ingredients for second marinade

5. Add second marinade to chicken, cover and marinate for 6 hours or more.

6. Arrange chicken on a baking tray and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes turning over once at 15 minutes.

7. Remove from oven and serve with salad, spicy corn, vegetable pilaff and raita, tamarind or spicy mint chutney and naan.

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