Recipe Notes | Tandoori Tikka Chicken

When it comes to quick and ridiculously easy lunch or dinner recipes this one is an absolute winner!

Ingredients

• Juice of 2 lemons
• 4 skinless chicken breast
• 4 tsp paprika
• 1 onion chopped
• vegetable oil, for brushing

for the marinade

• 300ml Greek yoghurt, or coconut yoghurt
• A large piece ginger grated
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp turmeric

To serve

• Watercress
• 2 x plain naan breads
• Red chilli, chopped
• Fresh coriander, chopped
• 1 lime

Method

1. Mix the lemon juice with the paprika in a glass bowl. Dice the chicken breasts into reasonably large chunks, then turn them in the juice and paprika and set aside for around a quarter of an hour or so.

2. Meanwhile, mix the marinade ingredients together and once the 15 minutes is up add to the chicken. Give everything a good mix, then cover and chill for at least 1 hr – the longer you leave it the better the infusion of flavour.

3. We cooked the chicken on the Wolf bake stone – heat the Wolf oven to 285C and add the chicken pieces directly to the bake stone. To avoid staining use a baking sheet to protect the stone. If you’re not using a bake stone kit, you can simply grill the chicken pieces using a rack over a baking tray. Brush over a little oil and grill for 8 minutes on each side or until lightly charred and completely cooked through. You will need to keep a close eye!

4. Serve on baked/grilled naan bread with Greek yoghurt, watercress, chopped chilli and coriander – a squeeze of lime is also really good.

Images: HM