The mouth-watering delicious chicken is well known as tandoori murgh and originated from India and Pakistan. This delicious chicken is all about marinating and grilling chicken in a clay oven known as tandoor or it can also be made in the oven.
The yummy tandoori chicken recipe yields spicy chicken that is soft and juicy with the tangy flavor of lemon and yogurt. The tandoori chicken is piquant but not hot as it can quickly be eaten and loved by kids.
This yummy chicken can be cook using oil as well as butter. If you love butter, go for it as it was then called makkhni tandoori chicken and taste also well.
Tandoori chicken can also be cooked by using instant tandoori masala from the market or you can try it from scratch in your home. The other issue is the availability of tandoor as it is not present in every house. So, the easiest way to bake this tender yummy chicken is your home baking oven.
The spicy tandoori chicken can be eaten as an appetizer as well as the main course often serves with flatbread or naan. It goes well with the mint sauce.
Let’s make the spicy tandoori chicken in your home in the oven instead of traditional tandoor and taste will be equally well.
Recipe Card
Tandoori Chicken In Oven
Ingredients
- 4 Pieces / 4 Pieces Whole Chicken Legs
- 1 Tsp / 4.93 g Salt
- 2 Tbsp / 29.57 ml Lemon Juice
- ½ Tsp / 2.46 g Black Pepper
- 1 Tbsp / 14.79 g Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 Tsp / 4.93 g Red Chili Powder
- 1 Tsp / 4.93 g Coriander Powder
- 1 Tsp / 4.93 g Cumin Powder
- ½ Tsp / 2.46 g Turmeric Powder
- ½ Tsp / 2.46 g Garam Masala Powder
- 1 Tbsp / 14.79 g Tandoori Masala
- ⅛ Tsp / 0.62 g Red Food Color (Optional)
- ¼ Cup / 50 g Greek Yogurt
- 2 Tbsp / 29.57 ml Oil
Instructions
- Take four pieces of whole chicken leg and cut a few deep slashes into it.
- In a large bowl, place whole leg pieces and add salt and lemon juice into it.
- Add black pepper, ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, tandoori masala and red food color (optional).
- Add ¼ cup of greek yogurt in chicken and spices.
- Mix well with hands and rub spices evenly on all sides of the chicken.
- Add oil and coat well on the chicken legs.
- Wrap/cover the chicken and marinate it overnight or at least 2-3 hours in a cool place.
- Set the oven broiler to high with a rack positioned a few inches below from it.
- Line the baking tray with an aluminum foil and place a metal rack on top to drain the chicken juices properly.
- Place the marinated chicken legs on the wire rack with a tong.
- Slide the tray under the broiler for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Flip the chicken legs and sear the second side for 5 to 6 minutes.
- After that, turn the oven into 180°c and place the chicken into the middle rack.
- Brush the chicken legs with some oil or melted butter.
- Bake the chicken for 15 minutes on the middle rack.
- Serve the spicy tandoori chicken with wages of lemon, onion rings, and mint sauce, and enjoy this on snowy night dinner with cold lemonade.
Can I put the merinatd chicken straight to oven instead of before putting them under the broiler?
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Brilliant recipe, made on many occasions with many compliments! The website feature where you can change the quantity of chicken used to the ratio of ingredients is no longer working. Can you please fix this as this helps in accomodating for larger gatherings. Thanks!
what temperature do you broil at?
It’s literally in the instructions
this is so good looking. I want it right now. yummy.
Thank you.
I made this twice already. Followed all instructions and the chicken came out superb. Well cooked and juicy. Thank you for this recipe
Tasted amazing- please share some more Bangladeshi recipe
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OMG…THIS IS A BOMB….Absolutely delicious juicy chicken. Thanks fir this method of cooking in the oven!
Just wowaooo & looks so yummy. I’m big fan both of you. I watched almost all video & follow before 3years. Wishing you good luck.