Tandoori Chicken Recipe

Recipe for Tandoori Chicken made at home in a bbq grill. Recipe with step by step pictures. Homestyle Tandoori Chicken Recipe.

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Here is how to make Tandoori chicken at home.
This is my 20 ingredient homestyle Tandoori Chicken Recipe. There is a lot of ingredients that is going on in this recipe but trust me on this. Everything comes beautifully at the end. Its a very simple recipe to put together if you have all the ingredients on hand.

Get all the ingredients prepped up. Here is what you will need. We need two sets of ingredients. The spice powders and the wet ingredients and herbs.

I prefer to use whole legs for making tandoori chicken. Traditionally the chicken is grilled skinless. But if you like your chicken with the skin on, please go ahead. This recipe will suffice for 3-4 legs. Make deep gashes in the chicken.

Apply salt and lime juice and rub the chicken well. Set aside.

Take all the spice powders along with the whole spices like cinnamon, cloves and cardamom in a mixie jar. I do not use any food coloring in my cooking. I have used paprika for the colour. Honestly, you do not require any food coloring. To me, its the most unappetizing thing to do. The deep artificial red colour on the chicken is something I really hate.

Grind to a powder.

Add in the wet ingredients namely yogurt, cream, oil, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Grind it along with the spice powders to a smooth paste. Traditionally, mustard oil is preferred. But I use peanut oil as mustard oil can be little over powering at times.

Add it to the chicken and apply the marinade well.

Marinate the chicken over night in the fridge. You can marinate for up to a day.

Grill the chicken over hot coals for 20 – 30 minutes. The time will differ based on the size of the chicken leg and the heat of the grill. Keep moving the pieces around so it gets cooked evenly.

Baste the chicken with the remaining marinade while the meat is being grilled.

I use a meat thermometer to check for doneness of the chicken. A thermometer inserted in the middle (touching the bone) should read around 170-175 degrees F.

Remove the chicken from the grill and brush it with butter. Some people dust the grilled chicken with chat masala. But I just finish the chicken with a coating of butter and its done. Serve with lime wedges and onions.

Note: The same recipe can be made in an OTG oven. Bake the chicken in a 200C oven for 30-40 minutes. Baste the chicken once or twice and turn the pieces in the oven half way through so they cook evenly. Finally, finish with butter.

Tandoori Chicken Recipe

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Recipe for Tandoori Chicken made at home in a bbq grill. Recipe with step by step pictures. Homestyle Tandoori Chicken Recipe.

• Total Time: 25h
• Yield: 3-4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
3/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder
1/4 inch piece cinnamon / cassia
2 cloves
2 cardamom
1/2 teaspoon kasuri methi / dried fenugreek leaves
1/4 teaspoon dry ginger powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1 Lime, juiced
1/2 inch piece ginger
2 green chillies
6 cloves garlic
2 tablespoon curd / plain yogurt
2 tablespoon cream
2 tablespoon oil

1 tablespoon Butter for brushing finished chicken

3 whole legs of chicken – bonein

To Serve: Lemon Wedges and Cut Onions

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Instructions

Get all the ingredients prepped up. Make deep gashes in the chicken. Apply salt and lime juice and rub the chicken well. Set aside.

Take all the spice powders along with the whole spices like cinnamon, cloves and cardamom in a mixie jar. Grind to a powder. Add in the wet ingredients namely yogurt, cream, oil, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Grind it along with the spice powders to a smooth paste.  Add it to the chicken and apply the marinade well.

Marinate the chicken over night in the fridge. You can marinate for up to a day.

Grill the chicken over hot coals for 20 – 30 minutes. The time will differ based on the size of the chicken leg and the heat of the grill. Keep moving the pieces around so it gets cooked evenly. Baste the chicken once or twice while grilling with the leftover marinade.

I use a meat thermometer to check for doneness of the chicken. A thermometer inserted in the middle (touching the bone) should read around 170-175 degrees F.

Remove the chicken from the grill and brush it with butter. Some people dust the grilled chicken with chat masala. But I just finish the chicken with a coating of butter and its done. Serve with lime wedges and onions.

Notes

The same recipe can be made in an OTG oven. Bake the chicken in a 200c / 400F oven for 30-40 minutes. Baste the chicken once or twice and turn the pieces in the oven half way through so they cook evenly. Finally, finish with butter.

• Author: Suguna Vinodh
• Prep Time: 24h
• Cook Time: 1h

Keywords: tandoori chicken