This creamy, high-protein restaurant style chicken tikka is as easy as it gets. Marinate, grill, and enjoy delicious, spicy chicken pieces at home.
High Protein Chicken Tikka Recipe
Description
This creamy, high-protein restaurant style chicken tikka is as easy as it gets. Marinate, grill, and enjoy delicious, spicy chicken pieces at home.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb chicken thighs, boneless skinless
- 2 tsp ginger, grated or minced finely
- 6 cloves garlic, grated or minced finely
- 2 green chilies, minced
- 2 tbsp milk
- 4 tbsp nonfat greek yogurt
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp red chili powder (or more to taste)
- Juice of ½ lemon
- Small handful kasuri methi
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp melted butter or ghee
Instructions
- To a blender, add everything except the chicken and the butter. Blend into a fine paste.
- Add the marinade to the chicken with the butter/ghee and mix well. Let it sit in the fridge covered for at least 3 hours to overnight. If you want to make it days ahead, just freeze and thaw before cooking!
- Airfry or bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until completely cooked.