Smokey Tandoori Chicken

Statistics
	3
	13896
	0
	5/5.0

Occasion: Any		Total servings: 2-3
Cuisine: Pakistani		Calories:
Effort: Average		Pre-Prep time:
Best for: All		Preperation time: 1 hour
How to serve: Hot

Smokey Tandoori Chicken recipe by Nikki at PakiRecipes.com.
Tandoori Chicken is a very popular dish consisting of roasted chicken, yogurt, and spices.

6 pieces Thawed chicken Click to find more about chicken

skinned
2 tsp Ground Coriander
2 tsp Masala (Tandoori paste is available) to taste
Red pepper powder
Dash Garlic Click to find more about Garlic

powder to taste
Salt Click to find more about Salt

1 tsp
Ground zeera Click to find more about zeera

Soy sauce (or yogurt)
(needed only if tandoori masala is used)

If you are using the ready made tandoori paste then life is a lot easier.
Replace all occurences of masala and soy sauce (or yogurt) with the tandoori paste.
Take the chicken Click to find more about chicken

and make *deep* cuts in it (so that the Masalas seeps in quickly).
If you are using soy sauce as the base, put some on the chicken Click to find more about chicken

pieces and let it seep in the cuts.
Rub in the Masalas as a mixture or one at a time.
The idea is to let the Masalas seep in the cuts with the soy sauce.
You can leave it for little while to seep in.
If you are using yogurt, you'll get a more authentic taste since the original masala is after all marinated in it.
In this case, mix the Masalas in the yogurt first and then rub the stuff into the chicken Click to find more about chicken

cuts as before.
The yogurt tends to leave a considerable amount of water behind.
DON'T THROW THIS AWAY.
Let it evaporate in the oven with the chicken Click to find more about chicken

.
This will keep the pieces from getting dry if overcooked.
I have not faced the same problem with the soy sauce version (of dry chicken Click to find more about chicken

). Cook the chicken Click to find more about chicken

until it starts turning brown.

Link to this recipe: http://www.pakirecipes.com/recipe/Smokey-Tandoori-Chicken

Related Recipes