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Title: chicken tikka
Post by: Unclefrank on June 28, 2021, 09:46 PM

Been doing this when the weather has been to bad to cook in my Tandoori oven.
turned out very well, cooked a variety of tikkas like this.



(https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/e6bd8f2a4c269574da776313e9b5084c.jpg) (https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#e6bd8f2a4c269574da776313e9b5084c.jpg)

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Garp on June 29, 2021, 03:49 PM

Nice idea mate - might give that a go :)

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Unclefrank on June 30, 2021, 09:59 AM

Hook things from IKEA and just your bog standard skewers, plus i place a roasting tin at the bottom of the oven with water in to catch the drips.
top of oven at 170, using a fan oven.

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Onions on June 30, 2021, 02:48 PM

Ingenious!  :like:

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Garp on June 30, 2021, 04:01 PM

Could be a game-changer. Googling 'hook things' very shortly :)

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Unclefrank on July 01, 2021, 09:45 AM

Here's the full picture

(https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/46216e415ee3e39807e8c30f53a76816.jpg) (https://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#46216e415ee3e39807e8c30f53a76816.jpg)

I Should be a little careful typing that Garp lol.

Here we go  https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/products/?q=hooks

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Garp on July 01, 2021, 11:07 AM

Haha - thanks mate.

Is there any issue with hot grease dripping from the chicken into water?

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Unclefrank on July 01, 2021, 04:41 PM

I haven't had any problem, i do add the roasting tin of water in first then turn oven on to reach temp.

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Stephen Lindsay on July 02, 2021, 08:17 PM

Ingenious! That's the best post on here for years UF.

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Unclefrank on July 03, 2021, 02:55 PM

Cheers SL, been doing it for a while but for some reason i couldn't post pics before but i can now.

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Onions on July 03, 2021, 03:00 PM

Got some hooks, and then found out we haven't got the bars on the oven ceiling to hang them from. D'OH! 

Talk about gutting!  :wink:

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Garp on July 03, 2021, 03:20 PM

I have that problem too mate.

Move a rack up highest and hang them from it would be the way to go. Not sure if that's what UncleFrank actually did.

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: livo on July 03, 2021, 08:31 PM

You just lift one of the oven racks to the top position. This is not completely new. I posted pictures of cooking char sui pork on hooks several years ago.  It wasn't my idea though and I forget where I originally saw it.  The skewers threaded between the hooks is a good idea, not too different from supporting them across the top of a baking dish and it is certainly a handy alternative for the tandoor.

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: Ghoulie on July 04, 2021, 07:15 PM

Hooks? Use an old wire coat hanger - snip to required length & bend to S shape with pliers

Title: Re: chicken tikka
Post by: livo on July 04, 2021, 10:06 PM

That may be fine for suspending skewers but not to use directly on the chicken (or pork), and even then it is depending upon what the coat hanger wire is coated with.  I would suggest an initial heat treatment without food in the oven at the very least.  I originally used 1.6 mm stainless steel TIG welding filler rod but I have since purchased proper hooks from a caterers supply.  They're not expensive and there are good reasons for using correct metals with food.