Grilled Chicken Tikka

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation 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

Recipe

• 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!