Chicken Tikka Masala with Arora Creations

Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 20 minutes | Serves: 4

I decided to give Arora Creations’ Spice Mixes a try and decided to cook tikka masala… how can you go wrong, right?  I used 1.35 lbs of chicken instead of 2 lbs so I only used 2/3 of the package. I cut the olive oil to 1/4 of a cup but used the whole 8 oz can of tomato sauce.

It was fairly simply, minus my many tears from chopping the onions. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of ginger!  I decided to grate the ginger instead of chopping it so that took a bit of elbow grease even with my friend, the microplane grater.  It was quite spicy, I’d say a 3 on a scale of 1-5 for curry but my fellow taster (huh hum…. the hubbs) didn’t break a sweat at all!

Ingredients:

• 2/3 package Arora Creations’ Chicken Tikka Spice Mix
• 1.35lbs Chicken Breast (about 2 breasts), cut into cubes
• 1 medium onion
• 1/3 cup grated ginger
• 2 Tbsp chopped cilantro
• 3 cloves garlic
• 8 oz tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup Water

Directions: (I followed the package instructions!)

1. Heat oil on saucepan and sautee onions, ginger and garlic until tender
2. Add seasoning and coat well.
3. Add tomato sauce and cook about 1-2 minutes.
4. Add chicken and stir to mix evenly. Cook for a 8-10 minutes, turning chicken.
5. Add water, cover and cook for another 8-10 mintues.
6. Remove from heat and garnish with cilantro.