How To Make Indian Style Tandoori Chicken Recipe

If you are finding some crowd-pleasing and famous recipes then the tandoori chicken recipe is a perfect recipe for you. In this recipe, chicken is marinated in curd, coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, and salt ( as per taste ), and then the chicken is grilled in tandoor.  This is a very simple and time-saving recipe means this recipe is ready in 25 to 30 minutes and it is a spicy and healthy Indian style recipe famous in India as well as across the world. This recipe is perfect for those who love the chicken recipes but they don’t want to waste more time making the recipe. The tandoori chicken recipe is perfect for everyone and this recipe might be everyone's favorite recipe. Now we are going to see how to make the easy and simple tandoori chicken recipe.

Also, check out: Thai green curry chicken recipe 

What is the tandoori chicken recipe?

This is an Indian-style grilled recipe where chicken is marinated in curd, coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, garam masala and salt ( as per taste ) and after that grilled in tandoor.

Key ingredients

• Chicken:  To make tandoori chicken the chicken is important and the main ingredient and in this recipe, I am using chicken breast with bones.
• Red chili powder:  Red chili powder gives a spicy taste to the recipe so red chili powder is also the key ingredient of this recipe.
• Curd: curd is also the main ingredient of the recipe because it is used to marinate chicken.

Ingredients and process to make the tandoori chicken recipe

Now we are going to see what are ingredients needed to make this recipe and how to make the restaurant-style tandoori chicken recipe at home.

Prep time	10 minutes
Cook time	15 to 20 minutes
Total time	25 to 30 minutes
Cuisine	Indian

Ingredients needed to make the tandoori chicken recipe

•  500 gms chicken breast with bones.
•  3 to 4 teaspoons of red chili powder.
•  1 teaspoon of coriander powder.
•  3 tablespoons of curd.
•  1 teaspoon garam masala.
•  2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste.
•  Salt ( as per taste ).
•  Oil ( as needed ).
•   1 live charcoal.

The process to make the tandoori chicken recipe

• Firstly take a chicken breast and make a small cut mark on the chicken breast.
• Now take one large bowl and add chicken breast into it and then add curd, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste, and salt (as per taste ), and then mix all the ingredients well and mixture for 1 to 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• After 1 to 2 hours take the marinated chicken out from the refrigerator and keep the grill pan on gas on medium flame and add 3 to 4 teaspoons of oil. Once the oil is getting hot add marinated chicken breast and cook until dark color grill marks appear on chicken breast ( grill both sides of the chicken breast ).
• Now remove the chicken breast into a large bowl and place one empty bowl on the grilled chicken breast then in the empty bowl keep live charcoal and add 1 teaspoon of oil on charcoal and cover the large bowl and give a smoky flavor to the chicken breast for 2 to 3 minutes.
• After that remove the chicken breast to the serving plate and serve it with sauce or green chutney.

Serving suggestions

• The tandoori chicken we can serve with roti, naan, and bread and it is also served with tomato sauce or with green chutney.

Tips to make tandoori chicken

• If you have tandoor then you can grill the chicken on tandoor it tastes better.
• If you don’t want to add garam masala then you can skip this ingredient.
• Smoky flavor gives a good taste to the recipe.
• Cook the chicken until dark color grill marks appear on the chicken  and until it feels soft and juicy.

More chicken breast recipes 

If you like chicken kebab recipes then you can also check out the chicken Shami kebab recipe, Pahadi chicken kebab recipe, and chicken Seekh kebab recipe.