Tandoori Chicken / Barbecue Chicken

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Tandoori Chicken / Barbecue Chicken or Indian Tandoori Chicken is always a holiday delight. Tandoori chicken is prepared by marinating the chicken slices in a Yogurt and spice mixture to tenderize the chicken. It must be marinated at least 4 hours, so that the chicken gets tender. I got an opportunity to click these pics during last December during Christmas holidays when we made this at home. Guys at home are very much behind it. Tandoori or Barbecue chicken is smoked in low heat in a Tandoor apparatus or stove. The smokey flavour is the highlight in the tandoori chicken. Here goes the recipe…

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Tandoori Chicken / Barbecue Chicken

Marination time: 4 Hours to Overnight | Cook time : 60 Min | Total time : 5 Hours to Overnight
Recipe type: Appetizer | Cuisine: Indian | Yield / Serves: 2
Taste:Mildly Spicy

Ingredients

For Marination:

Chicken – 1 kg
Thick Curd – 3/4 Cup
Red Chilli Powder – 1 tablespoon
Turmeric Powder – 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala – 2 tablespoon
Coriander Powder – 2 tablespoon
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tablespoon
Pepper Powder – 1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil or Olive oil – as required

Step by Step Photos on how to make Tandoori Chicken / Barbecue Chicken

Mix all the ingredients and allow it to marinate for atleast 4 hours except olive oil.
Get ready with the tadoori stove or the Apparatus. And fire the charcoal. Firing the Charcoal is a seperate process whill share it as a seperate post.
Thread the chicken pieces in the skewers. Leave it as it is so that any excess water would drip out.
Place the threades chicken on the charcoal grill.
Brush them with olive oil. Change sides so that the chicken pieces cook evenly on all sides.
Cook until the sides start darkening.
The smokey chicken is almost ready.

Notes:

The key to tandoori chicken is to use bone-in thighs and legs because they have enough fat to stay moist under the heat of the grill.
Brusing oil in between is essential or the chicken pieces get to dry out.
If the pieces are not cooked well its rubbery in the inside center.
The more time chicken is marinated the softer the chicken is. Else the chicken would be harder while biting it.
Cut all the chicken pieces in a skewer in same size or it might not cook well in equal amount of time.
If the chicken is marinated for more than one hour it must be refrigerated.