Homemade Tandoori Chicken
 
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Skip the Indian take out this week and make this simple favourite at home!
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • Marinade:
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp ground clove
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp cayenne
  • 1½ tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 Tbsp garlic, crushed
  • ~5 drops red food colouring*
  • ½ tsp turmeric*
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  • 2 lbs chicken pieces (breast, thighs, legs, up to you!)
  • 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • 1 lemon, sliced
Instructions
  1. Mix together marinade ingredients. If you are using boneless chicken breasts, cover them with a bit of plastic wrap and beat them until they are an even width- roughly ¾ to ½ an inch if you can. This will ensure the chicken cooks evenly on the barbecue and doesn't dry out.
  2. Add chicken pieces and marinate for 8 hours or overnight.
  3. Grill chicken on barbecue. Serve with rice, fresh onion slices and lemon wedges.
Notes
* These ingredients are optional as they add little to no flavour but will create that bright tandoori chicken colour we all know and love.
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/homemade-tandoori-chicken/