Oven Baked Tandoori Chicken Recipe

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4.9

21 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    15 mins

  • Total Time

    45 mins

  • Servings

    5 servings

  • Calories

    189 kcal

  • Course

    Main Course

  • Cuisine

    Indian

Oven Baked Tandoori Chicken Recipe

Tandoori is a popular take-out dinner all over the world. Make your own oven-baked chicken tandoori at home with this easy recipe.

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Ingredients

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For the 1st Marination:

  • 5 chicken drumsticks smaller skinless
  • Juice of one lime
  • ½ Teaspoon salt
  • ½ Teaspoon Turmeric Ground
  • ½ Teaspoon red chili pepper or Cayenne
  • 1 Piece garlic clove chopped
  • 3-4 Tablespoon butter

2nd Marination

  • 3 Tablespoons Tandoori Sauce dollops

To Garnish:

  • Cilantro Fresh aka fresh Coriander
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Instructions

  1. First, make some cuts into the skinless chicken drumsticks. The cuts are needed so that the marination flavors penetrate the chicken up to the bone.  
  2. In a bowl combine the lime juice, salt, turmeric and chili powder to a smooth paste. Marinate the chicken drumsticks thoroughly with this first marination and let it stand for at least 1 hour (the longer the better!)
  3. In a bowl add the finely chopped Garlic and Butter and melt the content. Keep that aside. The butter will get infused with the flavor of the garlic in time, we will need it to slather the chicken with it before and while baking the meat.
  4. Then keep your 2nd marination ready, the tandoori sauce (quick recipe here because you will need to refrigerate excess sauce). Add about 3 dollops tablespoons to the chicken and massage + cover the chicken drumsticks well with the yogurt marination. 
  5. Leave the chicken to marinate for at least 4 hours. The longer the more the meat will take in all the aromatic flavors.
  6. Before baking the chicken preheat the oven to 430 Fahrenheit/ 220 Celsius.
  7. Place your chicken drumsticks covered with the amazing flavorful marination into a baking dish and cover them with the garlic infused melted butter. I like to add some of the garlic pieces on the chicken too.
  8. Place the chicken into the oven and bake at 220 C/ 430 F. The total baking time is about 25-30 mins or until it's getting darker (picture as reference). However, after baking 15 mins. take out the chicken and cover with some more melted garlic butter and finish the baking process. Reserve 1-2 Tablespoon of garlic butter to pour over the chicken once it's finished baked. The garlic butter keeps the chicken moist and juicy.
  9. Serve hot with nan and a small onion capsicum cabbage beetroot salad. garnish with fresh coriander or cilantro.

Notes

  • The Tandoori paste is mixed together and I have created a separate recipe for the tandoori paste here because it can be used to marinate vegetable, soya, fish and seafood too.
  • To make it fire red you have the option of adding a drop of food coloring, I didn't add any coloring to this tandoori chicken recipe.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 89g Calories 189kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 1g (0%) Protein 14g (28%) Fat 13g (20%) Saturated Fat 6g (30%) Cholesterol 88mg (29%) Sodium 374mg (16%) Potassium 181mg (5%) Vitamin A 245IU (5%) Vitamin C 1.2mg (1%) Calcium 22mg (2%) Iron 0.6mg (3%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 5servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 189 kcal

% Daily Value*

Serving 89g
Calories 189kcal 9%
Carbohydrates 1g 0%
Protein 14g 28%
Fat 13g 20%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Cholesterol 88mg 29%
Sodium 374mg 16%
Potassium 181mg 4%
Vitamin A 245IU 5%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 1%
Calcium 22mg 2%
Iron 0.6mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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