Tandoori Chicken Recipe WITH VIDEO
Indian Tandoor is renowned far and wide for the intense flavor, aroma and melting quality of the meat.
Tandoori Chicken is most succulent preparation of Grilled Chicken by Far. Here’s a fail proof Tandoori Chicken Recipe. An easy guide on how to make Restaurant Style Tandoori Chicken, just as deliciously at home. Quite a regular in our household.
Scroll down for Tandoori Chicken Recipe Video.
I often make Chicken Tikka or Tandoori Chicken with Home Made Naan and there’s never any leftover! BTW, do you know which SuperSTAR Bollywood Actor says that Tandoori Chicken is his favorite food???
I have also included recipes for the staple side, green chutney as well as a yummy gravy made with the leftover marinade.
Tandoori Chicken Recipe
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Tandoori Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken cut into large pieces ( skinless, with the bone intact)
- 12 large cloves of garlic & roughly the same amount of juicy fresh ginger, as the garlic – to be ground to a smooth ginger garlic paste.
‘1st Marinade’:
- half the amount of prepared ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp Kashmir Chili Powder – Deep red color, but not so spicy
- 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice (Indian small yellow limes are best for this)
‘2nd Marinade’:
- 1- 2 Tbsp Mustard Oil
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 cup yogurt
- the remaining half of the prepared ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder (mild heat)
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- ½ tsp powdered cumin
- a little more than ½ tsp good Garam Masala or Tandoori Masala (Use your own favorite brand OR the masala recipe, given below)
- ½ tsp papaya based, powdered meat tenderizer (optional but recommended)
- ¼ tsp red food coloring (powder form) – only optional if you want to achieve the restaurant effect.
- Salt ( about 1 ¼ tsp or to taste)
Other:
- Melted Butter for Basting
- 2 Medium Onions, sliced in rings and separated for garnish
- Lemon wedges for garnish
- Extra Kashmir Chilly powder for sprinkling
- finely chopped cilantro ( coriander leaves) for garnish
Easy Tandoori Chicken Masala Powder: Lightly toast and Powder grind the following.
- 4 cardamom pods
- 4 cloves
- 6 black peppercorns
- 1 ” cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- Watch the Video or click to read the Complete Recipe – Below.
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Steps:How to make Tandoori Chicken in the Oven – Recipe at a glance:
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Your recipes are very delicious tried out tandoori chicken kids n hubby very very happy. Better than restaurant
Thank you
best ever chicken tandori . thanx
Happy you liked it 🙂 Thank you.
Your recipes look delicious. I live in the US. I’m looking forward to trying your recipes. A friend gave me some curry leaves. Which recipe would you recommend me trying? I love to cook and try new things.
Thank you.
Leigh
Thank you for visiting. Appreciate your comment. What sort of food do you like? Or are you looking for a recipe that uses curry leaves?
Mouthwatering recipe of tandoori chicken. Green chutney is amazing! Thanks and keep sharing!
Hi
I made this but as I am new please even though the oven temperature varies in different ovens but please mention the temperatures so v can at least refer it plzzzz
Hi
I made this but as I am new please even though the oven temperature varies in different ovens but please mention the temperatures so v can at least refer it plzzzz
Hi,
I have mentioned in the recipe method to preheat the oven to 200 c / 400 f. Let me know how it was.. Thank you 🙂
Hello Shana,
This is one of best Tandoori chicken recipe with detailed explanation of every step was amazing. The video was extremely helpful . Loved it. Thank you . Samuel (Toronto)
Hi Samuel,
Thanks so much.. Happy you had success with the recipe. Please visit again.Happy cooking!
I will be trying this recipe soon
My partner and I made the tandoori chicken today! Very nice!! We also made naan and a veggie curry ! I just hope it tastes a bit like the real curries.. hehe. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
That’s awesome. Sounds like a nice meal too! Visit again 🙂
hi i do not seem to find the gravy recipe anywhere?!
Oh it is only shown in text on the end of the recipe video.. I will update it on the post asap.
Hi, how many kg of chicken did you use for this recipe? I just want to make sure I get the ingredients measurements right…
thanks!
1 kg chicken used here. Happy Cooking!
Hi the chicken turned out well and we had it with Fr chutney. Btw, but the gravy recipe is still missing 🤗
Thanku
Hii i will try the chickn tandoori recipe but where is the recipe for gravy with leftover marinade?
the method for this easy simple gravy is only shown as text towards the end of the recipe video. I will update the post soon. Thank you.