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Grilled Butter Chicken
Ingredients
- 1kg (2 1/4 lbs) bone-in or boneless chicken thighs, skin removed and cut into bite sized pieces
- FOR THE FIRST MARINADE
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp garlic and ginger paste
- 1 tsp rapeseed (canola) oil
- FOR THE SECOND MARINADE
- 70g (1/4 cup) Greek yoghurt
- 1 – 3 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder (to taste)
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp amchoor powder
- 1 tbsp tandoori masala
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp garlic, ginger and chilli paste
- TO FINISH
- 1 tbsp chaat masala or tandoori masala
- 2 cubes butter
- 4 tbsp Greek yoghurt
- Flaky salt to taste
Steps
- Place the chicken pieces in a large mixing bowl. Add the lemon juice, salt, garlic and ginger paste and oil and rub it right into the flesh. Set aside while you prepare the second marinade.
- In another bowl, whisk all of the second marinade ingredients together until smooth. Pour this marinade over the chicken and again, rub it right into the flesh of the chicken.
- You can go straight to cooking now but for best results, allow the chicken to marinate for at least 30 minutes. 1 to 2 day of marinating will be even better.
- When ready to cook, heat sufficient coals in your barbecue. Your coals are ready for cooking when it is uncomfortably hot for you to hold your hand 2 inches above cooking height for longer than 2 seconds.
- Skewer the chicken onto metal skewer by weiving it through the skewer. Don't just stick the skewer through or your chicken won't secure on the skewer properly.
- Place the chicken skewers over the fire. While the chicken is cooking, melt the butter over the coals in a small pan. Continue cooking and turning the skewers from time to time so that the chicken cooks evenly.
- Once your chicken is cooked through and nicely charred, pour it into a serving bowl. Add the chaat masala and yoghurt and stir it in to coat the chicken pieces. Finally, pour the hot butter over the chicken and again stir it in.
- To serve, season with flaky salt to taste. Not all of the butter needs to be eaten. It is there for flavour and to keep the meat moist.