Name: Seriously Good Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1½ pounds chicken breasts; 1½ teaspoons kosher salt; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoons plain yogurt; 2 teaspoons Kashmiri red chili powder; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 2 teaspoons ginger (grated); 2 teaspoons garlic (minced); 1 teaspoon oil for basting; 2 tablespoons butter or oil; 2 medium yellow onions (diced ); 1 teaspoon ginger (grated ); 1 teaspoon garlic (minced ); 3 plum tomatoes (chopped or 1.5 cups diced or pureed tomatoes ); ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 to 2 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder; ½ to 1 teaspoon garam masala; ½ cup heavy whipping cream; 1 tablespoon kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves) (kasoori methi ); ½ cup cilantro (chopped )

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Seriously Good Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 5 · 1h total

Servings

Calories

21% of a 2,000 cal day

414KCAL

Protein

31g62% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat27g

35%

Saturated12g

60%

Unsaturated15g

—

Total Carbs11g

Fiber3g

11%

Total Sugars5g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch3g

—

Sodium1349mg

59%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A creamy, tomato-based chicken tikka masala made in an Instant Pot with yogurt-marinated chicken and warm spices. It's a restaurant favorite that's deeply flavored and rich with cream. Perfect served over rice for a special weeknight dinner.

Ingredients

5 SERVINGS

1½ lbchicken breasts
1½ tspkosher salt
1 tbsplemon juice
2 tbspplain yogurt
2 tspKashmiri red chili powder
1 tspgaram masala
2 tspginger — grated
2 tspgarlic — minced
1 tspoil
2 tbspbutter — or oil
2medium yellow onions — diced
1 tspginger — grated
1 tspgarlic — minced
3plum tomatoes — chopped, or diced tomatoes or pureed tomatoes
¼ tspground turmeric
1 tspkosher salt
1–2 tspKashmiri red chili powder — powdered
½–1 tspgaram masala
½ cupheavy whipping cream
1 tbspkasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
½ cupcilantro — chopped

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Method

1h total

Read the method on Ministry of CurryArchana Mundhe’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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