Easiest Way to Make Ultimate Tandoori Chicken (Air Fryer & Pan fried)

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, tandoori chicken (air fryer & pan fried). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Open up the air fryer and carefully lay the tandoori chicken in a single layer on either the rack or in the basket of your air fryer. Using a silicone brush, baste the chicken with either oil or ghee on one side. Remove and flip over the chicken, and baste on the other side, Air fryer tandoori chicken is another simple way to cook a classic dish. These chicken legs are perfect for family dinners or to serve as the main food at parties and get-togethers.

Tandoori Chicken (Air Fryer & Pan fried) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Tandoori Chicken (Air Fryer & Pan fried) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have tandoori chicken (air fryer & pan fried) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tandoori Chicken (Air Fryer & Pan fried):

1. Take 1 kg (200 grams) chicken
2. Make ready 2 pcs chicken leg
3. Prepare 2 tbsp turmeric powder
4. Get 1 tbsp cumin powder
5. Prepare 1 tbsp coriander powder
6. Take 2 tbsp red chilli powder
7. Prepare 1 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
8. Take 1 tbsp tandoori masala powder
9. Make ready 1 tbsp garam masala powder
10. Prepare 2 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
11. Get 3 tbsp roasted chickpea flour or roasted besan
12. Make ready to taste salt
13. Take 1 lemon
14. Prepare 3 tbsp hung yoghurt (curd)
15. Take 5-6 tbsp butter
16. Get 50 gms mustard oil

Tandoori Chicken made in the Air Fryer, a flavor packed spicy dish from the Indian subcontinent popular all over the world. Chicken is marinated in yogurt, ginger, garlic, spices and lemon juice, then grilled in the air fryer or oven. Traditionally tandoori chicken is made in a clay oven (tandoor) and is very popular in restaurants. Even though I am making this in the Air Fryer I am still calling it tandoori chicken…rather Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken - Spicy Indian Chicken.

Instructions to make Tandoori Chicken (Air Fryer & Pan fried):

1. Air fryer: - At first, cut long slits on the chicken body with a knife, half inches’ depth, four in the front and four on the back. - Mix all the dry powder ingredients with hung yogurt, mustard oil, ginger paste, garlic paste, lemon juice and make a thick paste on a plate.
2. Apply the masala paste on the chicken inside and outside of the body and also apply inside the slits. - Wrap the chicken with a non-toxic cling wrapper (optional). Marinate overnight, and keep in the refrigerator. After take out from the refrigerator on the next day morning, leave for half an hour before putting in the air fryer.
3. Put in the air fryer, and set temperature at 200° Celsius for 15 mins for one side. - After 15mins, take out the tray and turn over the chicken to the other side and apply the rest of the masala. Also apply butter on the chicken, which will make the chicken soft, but it is optional if you would prefer to make it healthy.
4. Take out after 15mins, fire a charcoal, keep a bowl near to the chicken, put the burning charcoal in the bowl, put some butter on the burning charcoal, smoke will come out, cover with a lid. - After 5-10min, air fryer fried tandoori chicken is ready to serve.
5. Pan Fried: - Cut two long slits on each leg pieces with a knife, half inches’ depth. - Mix all the dry powder ingredients with hung yogurt, mustard oil, ginger paste, garlic paste, lemon juice and make a thick paste on a plate.
6. Apply the masala paste on the chicken pieces and also apply in the slits. - Wrap the chicken with a non-toxic cling wrapper (optional). - Marinate overnight, and keep in the refrigerator. After take out from the refrigerator on the next day morning,leave for half an hour before fry on a pan.
7. Put a pan on gas stove, add some mustard oil on the pan, heat the oil, put the chicken pieces, cook it for 10min on medium gas flame. - After 10mins, turn over to other side, cover it and cook again for 10mins.
8. Keep the pan aside, fire a charcoal, keep a bowl near to the chicken pieces, put the burning charcoal in the bowl, put some butter on the burning charcoal, smoke will come out, cover with a lid. - After 5-10mins, pan-fried tandoori chicken is ready to serve.

Traditionally tandoori chicken is made in a clay oven (tandoor) and is very popular in restaurants. Even though I am making this in the Air Fryer I am still calling it tandoori chicken…rather Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken - Spicy Indian Chicken. It is still grilled and marinated with the same spices. Do not overcrowd the air fryer basket. Tandoori chicken is marinated in yogurt, lemon and spices.

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