{"id":25999,"date":"2012-03-30T09:04:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=25999"},"modified":"2016-02-14T04:54:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T09:54:40","slug":"chicken-tikka-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=25999","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tikka Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">I decided to make this chicken tikka masala recipe when I had some chicken breast in the fridge and didn&#8217;t know what to make with it for dinner.\u00a0 After a quick glance at the recipe index of a friend&#8217;s blog, chicken tikka masala jumped right out at me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chicken tikka masala\u00a0 is a South Asian curry dish of roasted chicken chunks in a spicy sauce. 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Add onions and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add jalapeno and ginger and cook until just fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add chicken and curry paste and stir well to coat chicken. Cook, stirring frequently, until chicken is almost cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.\r\n          <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"instruction \" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">\n          Add tomatoes in their juice and the coconut milk. 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