Grilled Chicken Tikka

love4culinary's Note:

This is a recipe that I developed from a mixture of recipes, adapting to our tastes. I hope you enjoy it :) Time to make doesn't include time to marinate. Cooking time is an estimate, depending on how hot your grill is and how big your chicken cubes are. :)

• Total Time: 32 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon pressed garlic
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• melted butter or olive oil, for brushing
• lime, for serving

Directions:

1. Clean your chicken, and cut it into cubes for threading on skewers.
2. Take a fork and prick the chicken many times.
3. Put lemon juice in bowl with chicken, stir well, and set it aside.
4. In a large bowl, mix yogurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, cayenne, salt and pepper.
5. Place the chicken in the bowl with the marinade, and marinate for at least 2 hours, preferably 4-6 hours.
6. Thread chicken onto skewers.
7. Heat your grill with a nice flame and place chicken skewers on the grill.
8. Brush with butter or olive oil, and grill approximately 6 minutes on each side, or until done, having nice grill/char markiings.
9. Once you have grilled one side for 6 minutes, turn them over and brush with butter or olive oil, and grill 6 more minutes or until done.
10. Serve with lime wedges on the side for squirting on chicken pieces; YUM!

Reviews

[Pam-I-Am]

I loved this recipe! What great flavor. I did not have yogurt so I used some sour cream and it didn't seem to affect thet taste at all. I will definitely make this one again. Thanks for posting.

[Red in US]

Great recipe! Fixed this last nite on the grill and we loved it. I used more cayenne than called for...used 2 Tablespoons and I also sprinkle more cayenne on right before I brushed with olive oil. I did not use the tumeric. Loved it sprinkled with lime juice while eating and we also used blue cheese dressing to dip it in. Thanks for the recipe.

[mommyoffour]

YUM! We made this last night for dinner and it was a hit. I didn't use as much cayenne as called for, just a good sized pinch, cuz of a couple finicky eaters in our family. Even so, it was very very good. I loved the flavor combo, so good. Thank you for sharing your recipe with my family.