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Chicken Tikka

Course Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine BBQ, Indian, Keto
Keyword BBQ, Chicken, Keto
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Marinate 1 day
Servings 5

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Chicken breast Diced into large cubes
  • 2 Lemons Juice of
  • 1/2 tbsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Red food colouring powder Optional
  • 250 ml Plain yogurt
  • 2 tbsps Garlic puree
  • 1 tbsp Ginger puree
  • 1 tbsp Ground cumin
  • 1 tbsp Ground coriander
  • 1 tbsp Ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp Citric acid powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Salt To taste
  • 2 Chillies Finely chopped

Instructions

  • Place the chicken in a large bowl and mix in the lemon juice, add your salt, mix well. If you were going to add red food colouring powder, add it in now.
  • Whisk the remaining marinade ingredients together in a bowl and pour it over the chicken.
  • Mix well and ensure it's completely coated.
  • Allow to marinate, the longer the better. 30 minutes is a minimum but ideally up to 48 hours.
  • Bring your grill up to around 200C, direct heat.
  • While heating up, put your chicken onto skewers.
  • Cook over the direct heat, turning occassionally until chicken is cooked through, edges should also be blackened.
  • Serve.

Notes

Adapted from The Curry Guy.
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