Indian Tandoori Chicken in a Broiler Recipe Video
Tandoori chicken is traditionally made in tandoor - a clay oven but it taste equally great if baked or broiled with a tantalizing marinade
Ingredients
Chicken -3 pieces (leg and thigh)
Turmeric- 1 1/2 teaspoons
Salt - to taste
Pepper - to taste
Freshly ground ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
For the marinade:
Thick yogurt - 1 cup (Greek yogurt will work best)
Tandoori masala powder - 3 teaspoons
Salt - to taste
Red food color
Directions
GETTING READY
To prepare the chicken.
1. Gash the bird all over with a sharp knife so that the marinade penetrates into it.
2. Coat the meat with 1 teaspoon of turmeric and wash well. The anti bacterial property of turmeric helps to sanitize the meat.
MAKING
3. Place chicken in a large bowl or pan.
4. Season with salt and pepper powder rubbing it well in the chicken
5. Add ginger garlic paste and massage it into the meat
To prepare the marinade
6. In one cup of yogurt add 3 tsp of tandoori masala powder. You can add more to your taste.
7. Add salt as per taste keeping in mind that the chicken has already been seasoned.
8. Add 3 drops of red food color and whisk everything well to make a smooth paste.
9. Pour the marinade over the meat and coat thoroughly.
10. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or for a minimum of 4 hours.
FINALIZING
11. Cook the chicken pieces for 30- 40 min under a broiler or over a hot charcoal grill until tender.
SERVING
12. Serve with your favorite side dish and accompany with lemon wedges, onion rings, and green mint chutney is you like.
To prepare the chicken.
1. Gash the bird all over with a sharp knife so that the marinade penetrates into it.
2. Coat the meat with 1 teaspoon of turmeric and wash well. The anti bacterial property of turmeric helps to sanitize the meat.
MAKING
3. Place chicken in a large bowl or pan.
4. Season with salt and pepper powder rubbing it well in the chicken
5. Add ginger garlic paste and massage it into the meat
To prepare the marinade
6. In one cup of yogurt add 3 tsp of tandoori masala powder. You can add more to your taste.
7. Add salt as per taste keeping in mind that the chicken has already been seasoned.
8. Add 3 drops of red food color and whisk everything well to make a smooth paste.
9. Pour the marinade over the meat and coat thoroughly.
10. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or for a minimum of 4 hours.
FINALIZING
11. Cook the chicken pieces for 30- 40 min under a broiler or over a hot charcoal grill until tender.
SERVING
12. Serve with your favorite side dish and accompany with lemon wedges, onion rings, and green mint chutney is you like.
Editors Review
Tandoori chicken must be the most ordered dish in any Indian Mughlai or Punjabi restaurant across the world. People love the tandoori chicken for its smoky char grilled flavor that brings out the taste of the spices and off course for the tender succulent pieces of chicken that can be eaten as a starter or added to a gravy and eaten with tandoori naan. Watch this video to learn how to make tandoori chicken at home without an authentic tandoor oven. Once you have the recipe of the tandoori marinade, then youChef
