Thursday 24 April 2014

Tandoor Chicken / Oven baked Chicken

Tandoori chicken is a Indian dish. As the chicken is done in tandoor. Why deep fry? Bake juicy and tender chicken with a tasty seasoned coating. This is very useful on those busy days when you are too busy to get something creative.



Baked chickens are the ultimate effortless budget-friendly cooking. This is definitely our healthier way of eating fried chicken. If you are planning to prepare next day, its better that you marinate chicken overnight (8 hr)

Ingredients:

Chicken thighs - 2 lbs (5 - 6 thigh pieces)
Salt to taste
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - A pinch
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Soy sauce - few drops (1 tsp optional)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Dry cilantro - Just to sprinkle on top
Onion - to garnish
Lemon slice - to garnish
Butter/ oil spray
Baking tray

Method:

1) Remove skin, clean the chicken and should cut slits lengthwise. Each thigh should have 2 slits each side.



2) Take chicken thighs in a bowl to marinate and add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder, soy sauce, ginger garlic paste and lemon juice to the chicken and mix gently.

3) Keep in refrigerator over-night (min 8 hrs).

4) 1 hr before the cooking time take out of refrigerator and bring it to room temperature.

5) Preheat oven to 425 degree F.

6) Grease the baking tray either with butter or oil spray it. Place marinated chicken thighs with evenly spaced. Sprinkle dry cilantro.



7) Bake chicken for 30 mins. Take the tray out and turn the chicken and bake for another 15 mins.



8) Serve it hot with little onion and lemon garnishing.

Note:

1) Marinating over-night is to allow chicken absorb spices in. This gives you the juiciness and also allows flavor to the center.

2) To make it crisp on the out side, you can add cheese of your wish or spray very little oil.

3) Here i used oil after flipping the pieces.




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