{"id":148658,"date":"2025-02-06T21:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/?post_type=recipes&p=148658"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:07:47","slug":"chicken-tikki-masala-pizza","status":"publish","type":"recipes","link":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/recipes\/chicken-tikki-masala-pizza\/148658\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tikki Masala Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get the Chicken Tikki Masala Pizza Recipe<\/h2>\n

This pizza provides the perfect opportunity for you to partner with your best local Indian restaurant or specialty grocery. Collaborate with them on the tikki masala sauce. This saves on labor and provides a great cross-collaborative marketing opportunity. Work with them to find a heat level that works for your clientele. You can always go lower on heat and offer to intensify the heat by request. In this recipe, there is a marinade for the chicken. This is another area you could partner with the Indian restaurant, as well. Experiment with this pizza to find the right balance. Go as traditional as you want with the mashup or apply your culinary creativity.<\/p>\n

Explore more Pizza Mashup ideas.<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Chicken Tikki Masala Pizza<\/div>\n
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Recipe Type<\/span>: pizzas<\/span><\/div>\n
Author: Pizza Today<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/div>\n
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  • 1 pound boneless chicken breast (cut into bite-sized pieces)<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup plain yogurt, save 2 tablespoons for drizzle<\/li>\n
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice<\/li>\n
  • 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 teaspoon turmeric powder<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 teaspoon chili powder<\/li>\n
  • 14-inch pizza dough<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup tikka masala sauce (partner with local Indian restaurant or source from Indian specialty store)<\/li>\n
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese<\/li>\n
  • \u00bd cup paneer, crumbled<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese<\/li>\n
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced<\/li>\n
  • Fresh cilantro leaves<\/li>\n
  • Red chili flakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Instructions<\/div>\n
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    1. In a bowl, combine the yogurt, lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, cumin, coriander, turmeric, chili powder, and salt.<\/li>\n
    2. Add the chicken and let marinate for 30 minutes (or overnight in the fridge).<\/li>\n
    3. Bake or pan fry the chicken until slightly charred. Set side.<\/li>\n
    4. Stretch dough to desired diameter.<\/li>\n
    5. Spread tikki masala sauce over pizza, leaving \u00bc inch around edge.<\/li>\n
    6. Distribute 1 \u00bd cups of marinated chicken through out pizza.<\/li>\n
    7. Top with mozzarella and cheddar and red onion.<\/li>\n
    8. Bake until done and cheese is golden brown.<\/li>\n
    9. Top with cilantro and drizzle of yogurt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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      3.5.3251<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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