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Tandoori Chicken Recipe

Tandoori is an Indian cooking vesselthat cooks food quickly because it can reach a temperature of around 450°C. Itprovides the chicken with a perfect smoky flavor. You can also BBQ the chickenif tandoori is not available. If you want to cook it in a conventional oven,add some mustard oil in marination to add pungency. Chicken meat with bone ismostly recommended to make this dish instead of boneless chicken. You can useyour legs and thighs to get the real flavor of tandoori chicken. There arevarious tandoori chicken recipes but here is an easy tandoori chicken recipeusing the whole chicken.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American, Indian, Pakistani
Servings 4
Calories 256 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Whole Chicken (1500-1600 gm)

First Marinade

  • 1 ½ tbsp Lime Juice
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 1 Red Chilli Powder
  • 1 tsp Cayenne Pepper

Second Marinade

  • ½ cup Greek or thick Yogurt
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Paste
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Paste
  • ½ tsp Black Salt
  • ½ tsp Dried Fenugreek Leaves
  • 1 tsp Garam Masala
  • Refined oil

Instructions
 

  • Clean and wash thechicken thoroughly
  • Remove the skin fromthe chicken
  • Make cuts on thechicken with a sharp knife
  • Mix the ingredientsof the first marinade and apply to chicken
  • Coat the chickenthoroughly and keep aside for one hour
  • Prepare the second marinadeby mixing all the ingredients
  • Keep the chicken inthe refrigerator for approximately 5 hours or overnight
  • Take out the chickenfrom the refrigerator 45 minutes before cooking
  • Use a skewer to fixthe chicken, preheat the chicken, and roast it at 180 degrees.
  • You can also make iton the grill, tandoor, or air fryer if you don't have the oven
  • Roast the chicken in the oven for 45minutes
  • Baste the chickenwith refined oil after 5 minutes of placement
  • Check it after 45 minutes if done
  • You can cook it for afew more minutes if the chicken is not cooked perfectly
  • Don't overcook thechicken or it may become hard and dry
  • Place the tandoorichicken in the serving dish
  • Heat charcoal andplace it in the dish kept on a steel bowl
  • Add a bit of oil oncharcoal and immediately cover the lid
  • Rest it for 10 minutes
  • Remove the charcoal
  • Garnish the chickenwith onion rings and lime wedges
  • Delicious tandoorichicken is ready to serve

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