Tandoori Chicken
Yogurt-spice marinated chicken, charred edges and cilantro-lime.
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The slashes in the chicken aren't optional - they're how the marinade gets past the skin-side surface and seasons the meat. Skip them and you'll get color but not flavor.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 2½ lbbone-in chicken thighs and drumsticksskin removed, slashed 2-3 times per piece to the bone
- 1 cupplain whole-milk yogurt
- 6garlic clovesminced
- 2 tbspfresh gingerminced
- 1lemonjuiced (half for marinade, half wedged for serving)
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 1½ tspgaram masala
- 2 tspkashmiri chili powder
- ¼ tspcayenne pepper
- ½ tspground turmeric
- 1 tspground cumin
- 1 tspground coriander
- 1 tspkasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)crushed between palms
- ½red onionthinly sliced (for serving)
- ¼ cupfresh cilantrochopped
- 1½ cupsbasmati ricerinsed
- 1½ tspkosher salt
- 2¼ cupswater
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 380calories
- 42gprotein
- 8gcarbs
- 18gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Remove skin from chicken. Slash each piece 2-3 times to the bone.
- Mince garlic and ginger. Juice the lemon. Thinly slice red onion.
- Chop a small handful of cilantro.
- Rinse basmati.
Marinate
Whisk yogurt, half the lemon juice, oil, garlic, ginger, garam masala, kashmiri chili, cayenne, turmeric, cumin, coriander, kasuri methi, and salt in a bowl. Add chicken, massage marinade into the slashes. Cover, refrigerate at least 1 hour - ideally 4-12 hr.
60 min · hands offRice
Combine rice with water and salt. Bring to boil, cover, simmer low 15 min, off heat 10.
25 min · hands offPreheat broiler
Set oven rack 6 inches from broiler element. Heat broiler. Line a sheet pan with foil, top with a wire rack.
5 min · hands offBroil
Arrange chicken on rack. Broil 8-9 min per side until deeply charred at edges and cooked through (internal temp 175F at the thickest part of the thigh). Tent loosely with foil if browning too fast.
18 min · hands offRest and serve
Rest chicken 5 min. Fluff rice. Plate with sliced red onion, cilantro, and remaining lemon wedges.
5 min · hands offMake it yours
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What keeps
Cooked chicken keeps 4 days. Marinade does the heavy lifting - marinate the full batch raw, freeze portions in marinade for up to 2 months, thaw and cook.
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