Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tandoori chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tandoori chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Tandoori chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Remove skin from chicken pieces, and cut slits into them lengthwise. Sprinkle both sides of chicken with salt and lemon juice. Tandoori chicken gets its name from the bell-shaped tandoor clay oven which is also used to make naan, or Indian flatbread. Skinless legs and thighs are marinated in a tenderizing mixture of yogurt, lemon juice, and spices and the meat is slashed to the bone in several places helping the marinade penetrate and the chicken cook more quickly.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tandoori chicken using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tandoori chicken:
- Prepare 8 chicken breast
- Make ready 1 1/2 piece ginger
- Prepare Small pod of garlic (whole bulb)
- Take 1 large onion
- Take 285 ml plain yoghurt
- Prepare 140 ml lemon juice
- Prepare 1 tsp chili powder
- Get 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Take Salt
- Take 2 sticks cinnamon
- Take 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 10 cloves
- Prepare 8 black peppercorns
- Prepare 3 cardamon seeds
- Make ready Red food colouring (optional)
- Get Butter
A tandoor is known as a clay oven. Not everyone has a clay oven. How to make tandoori chicken Combine the tandoori paste ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. In a large bowl, combine the tandoori paste, lemon juice, yogurt, and salt.
Steps to make Tandoori chicken:
- Liquidise the ginger, garlic, onion and yoghurt to a paste.
- Apply to the chicken breasts and should you wish, add a couple of drops of red colouring to bring a pink colour. Marinade over night
- The next day, grind your cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves, peppercorns, cardamon seeds.
- Next add chili powder, cumin seeds, lemon juice into the ground spices
- Make some shallow slits in the breast if you want to keep as whole breasts. If you don't, for say kebabs then instead of small slices, cut chicken into large pieces
- Add your spice mix into the slits and cover with salt and butter. Or if kebabs, place chicken pieces into bowl and add spices and mix
- Place under grill until only clear juice to ensure its fully cooked. If not, grill for longer.
- If kebabs, 200C/400F and grill again till juices are clear. Coat the chicken pieces with left over spice mix when you rotate.
- Enjoy with some chili sauce or raita etc.
How to make tandoori chicken Combine the tandoori paste ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. In a large bowl, combine the tandoori paste, lemon juice, yogurt, and salt. Here are all the the secrets on how to make Tandoori chicken that are juicy, tender and bursting with flavors just like Indian restaurants! Use Greek yogurt and garam masala in the marinade. The yogurt makes the chicken tender and moist while the Garam Masala gives the iconic aroma and flavors.
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