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Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala

June 8, 2017 by Food For Net

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Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe

Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala Go Indian food for dinner tonight. Quick, easy, and really flavorful. 500 Grams Chicken Breast Fillet (cubed)1 thumb-sized piece Ginger (finely chopped)6 Cloves garlic (finely chopped)1 Piece Red Onion (finely chopped)1/2 Cup Diced Tomatoes3 Tablespoons Garam Masala1 Cup Coconut Milka handful Fresh Cilantro (chopped)1-2 Tablespoons GheeSalt (to taste) Sautee garlic, ginger, and onions in ghee until onions are translucent.Add the diced tomatoes and sautee for another minute.Add garam masala and roast for another minute.Add coconut cream. Season with salt. Stir and turn off the heat.Puree the sauce in a blender.Put the chicken and sauce into…
Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala
Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala
2017-06-08
Food For Net
The chicken came out really succulent and tender. The curry sauce was really flavorful and creamy.

Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala

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The chicken came out really succulent and tender. The curry sauce was really flavorful and creamy.

User Rating: 2.59 ( 185 votes)

Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala

Go Indian food for dinner tonight. Quick, easy, and really flavorful.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Korean
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 500 Grams Chicken Breast Fillet cubed
  • 1 thumb-sized piece Ginger finely chopped
  • 6 Cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 Piece Red Onion finely chopped
  • 1/2 Cup Diced Tomatoes
  • 3 Tablespoons Garam Masala
  • 1 Cup Coconut Milk
  • a handful Fresh Cilantro chopped
  • 1-2 Tablespoons Ghee
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Sautee garlic, ginger, and onions in ghee until onions are translucent.
  • Add the diced tomatoes and sautee for another minute.
  • Add garam masala and roast for another minute.
  • Add coconut cream. Season with salt. Stir and turn off the heat.
  • Puree the sauce in a blender.
  • Put the chicken and sauce into a sous vide bag.
  • Cook for an hour at 145F.
  • Top with fresh cilantro.
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A traditional Indian dish, a Chicken Tikka Masala consists of chunks of roasted chicken in a creamy, orange-colored light curry sauce. We're tweaking this traditional dish, cooking our chicken sous vide instead of roasting, to render the meat more tender and succulent. That comes with a trade-off though as聽the chicken loses that depth of flavor that only roasting can give.

Begin by making a good curry base. Roasting your aromatics(ginger, garlic, and shallots) will intensify those flavors to a totally different characteristic. Do so over low heat, sweating them slowly, so they caramelize evenly without scorching.

After a few minutes, its time to get those tomatoes in. I prefer to use crushed canned tomatoes due to the sweet taste that comes consistently with them. Finding perfectly ripe fresh tomatoes at the market would indeed be more difficult than getting these canned varieties.

Give those tomatoes some time to roast too. Doing so would turn their flavor from slightly acidic to naturally sweet.

You'll know the tomatoes are roasted good enough as you see that bright orange oil in your pan. Its then time to add in your curry spice blend for some roasting too.

Most cooks would use a garam masala here. I prefer a chicken masala which should easily come available at most Indian spice shops.

Actually, a curry spice blend would have no strict structure at all. It basically is a blend of various spices, in changing proportions, and differs from one recipe to another. Most Indian chefs would definitely have their own secret blend of spices.

As soon as your pan gets really aromatic, pour in your milk. Coconut milk, cream, yogurt, half-and-half. . . they should all work equally good. Try something new each time and you'll know what you'll stick with. I personally switch between yogurt and coconut milk depending on my mood in the kitchen.

This next step won't be necessary. I just find that blending my curry sauce makes it much more refined and much more uniformly flavored. Again, by personal preference, I'd rather smoothen out those bits of garlic and ginger into my sauce than having them in distinct bits.

Season the chicken with a bit of salt, then put them in the bag together with the marinade.

When doing a Tikka Masala before, I go for chicken thigh fillets every time instead of breasts. I just find chicken breasts too dry to my liking.

No longer with sous vide cooking. The precise temperature cooking that sous vide allows just makes chicken breasts equally tender and succulent to any other part.

Since we're using fillets, these should cook in an hour or less at 145F. If you don't have an immersion circulator yet or are thinking of upgrading, check out my recent post on the best immersion circulators I've tested.

This curry dish is good to serve out of the bag. A final sprinkle of fresh cilantro would freshen up those flavors.

Some rice or flatbread would of course be a must.

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Sous Vide Chicken Tikka Masala

Go Indian food for dinner tonight. Quick, easy, and really flavorful.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Korean
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 500 Grams Chicken Breast Fillet cubed
  • 1 thumb-sized piece Ginger finely chopped
  • 6 Cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 Piece Red Onion finely chopped
  • 1/2 Cup Diced Tomatoes
  • 3 Tablespoons Garam Masala
  • 1 Cup Coconut Milk
  • a handful Fresh Cilantro chopped
  • 1-2 Tablespoons Ghee
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Sautee garlic, ginger, and onions in ghee until onions are translucent.
  • Add the diced tomatoes and sautee for another minute.
  • Add garam masala and roast for another minute.
  • Add coconut cream. Season with salt. Stir and turn off the heat.
  • Puree the sauce in a blender.
  • Put the chicken and sauce into a sous vide bag.
  • Cook for an hour at 145F.
  • Top with fresh cilantro.
Like this recipe?Follow @FoodForNet on Pinterest!
Category: Dinner, Original Recipes, Sous VideTag: Chicken, Indian Cuisine, Sous Vide Recipes
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