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Chicken tikka kebab: 3 creator recipes compared

Every one is built on chicken, yogurt and garlic. Some add red pepper or red chili powder.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 22 October 2026.

Creamy Chicken Tikka Kebabs by Jon Watts, a frame from the Facebook video

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We put the most-saved version first: Jon Watts’s. These creamy chicken tikka kebabs are a delicious and easy-to-make midweek meal. The combination of yoghurt, garlic, ginger, and spices gives the chicken a rich and creamy flavour, while the double cream adds a luxurious touch to the sauce.

Creamy Chicken Tikka Kebabs from Jon Watts’s Facebook video

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Creamy Chicken Tikka Kebabs

Recipe from Jon Watts, from their Facebook videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 35 min
  • Serves 4
  • 13 ingredients
  • Air fryer

The only one of the 3 with paprika, cumin, turmeric and chilli powder.

Ingredients

  • 500 gchicken
  • 200 mlyoghurt
  • 4garlic
  • 25 gginger
  • 2 tsppaprika
  • 2 tspcumin
  • 1 tspturmeric
  • 1/2 tspchilli powder
  • 1/2 tspcinnamon
  • 1lemon
  • 1 tbsptomato paste
  • 150 mldouble cream
  • 10 gcoriander

How it goes

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the yoghurt, minced garlic, minced ginger, paprika, cumin, turmeric, chilli powder, and cinnamon until well combined.

  2. Add the lemon juice to the bowl and stir to incorporate.

  3. Spoon half of the marinade into a saucepan and set aside for later use.

  4. Add the chicken pieces to the remaining marinade in the bowl, making sure they are fully coated.

  5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the chicken to marinate.

  6. Preheat a grill, oven, or air fryer to cook the chicken. If using a grill or oven, preheat to medium-high heat (around 200°C). If using an air fryer, preheat to 200°C.

Then 8 more steps in the full recipe.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 chicken tikka kebab recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Jon Watts’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Creamy Chicken Tikka KebabsJon Watts · make this one first35 min413Air fryer, Oven, Grilled, Simmeredpaprika, cumin, turmeric and chilli powder
Chicken Tikka KebabHari Ghotra50 min418Ovenred pepper, green pepper, red onion and kashmiri chilli powder
Chicken Tikka KababArpita1 hr 12 min412Air fryerred chili powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder

What they share.

  • All 3use chicken.
  • All 3use yogurt.
  • All 3use garlic.
  • All 3use ginger.
  • All 3use lemon.
  • 2 of 3use coriander. Arpita’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    Jon Watts and Arpita use an air fryer; Hari Ghotra doesn't. Jon Watts and Hari Ghotra use the oven; Arpita doesn't. Only Jon Watts grills. Only Jon Watts simmers, poaches or braises.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Jon Watts is the only one to use paprika, cumin, turmeric and chilli powder. Hari Ghotra is the only one to use red pepper, green pepper, red onion and kashmiri chilli powder. Arpita is the only one to use red chili powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.

  • Time and list length

    Jon Watts takes the least time (35 min); Arpita the most (1 hr 12 min). Arpita uses the shortest ingredient list (12); Hari Ghotra the longest (18).

All 3, with their videos.

Each one opens as a full recipe with the creator credited and the original video linked.

How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 22 October 2026.

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