Food- Easy Chicken Tikka Masala

 

Easy Chicken Tikka Masala

Ingredients and substitutions: 

󠁠󠁍󠄁💛Butter - or a butter substitute of your choice like margarine or even olive oil.

💛Yellow onion – white onion or shallots would also work.

💛Chicken – you can use chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts or swap it out for another protein like tofu, chickpeas, lentils or stewing beef.

💛Garlic – freshly minced garlic is best but jarred minced garlic will work in a pinch.

💛Gingerroot – if you don’t have any fresh ginger, use 1 tsp. ground ginger powder instead.

💛Brown sugar – make your own brown sugar using white sugar and molasses.

💛Garam masala – the garam masala is pretty essential to this dish. You can try using curry powder or more cumin in its place, but the flavour won’t be the same.

💛Turmeric – saffron would be the best substitute here or you can leave the turmeric out altogether.

💛Cumin – add in some extra garam masala, curry powder or even chili powder.

💛Chili powder – mix together paprika, cumin and cayenne in a pinch.

💛Salt – to taste.

💛Crushed tomatoes – diced tomatoes can be used instead.

💛Sour cream – canned coconut milk or 1/3 cup heavy cream would also be good.

💛Cilantro – leave this off if you’re not a fan of cilantro.

💛Naan – you could also serve your tikka masala with pita or leave this out to cut down on the calories.

How to make chicken tikka masala in the slow cooker:

👌Add everything but the sour cream to the slow cooker.

👌Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours.

👌Make the rice.

👌Stir in the sour cream.

👌Serve with rice and naan! ENOIY💗