This Tandoori Chicken Will Be Your New Favorite Recipe

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: buttermilk

Greek yogurt is higher in protein, while buttermilk is often less expensive.

chicken

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Skinless chicken is lower in fat, while thighs are usually cheaper than breasts.

Prepare the marinade by mixing full fat yogurt, ginger paste, garlic paste, lime juice, garam masala, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, turmeric, coriander, cooking oil, and kashmiri chili powder.

Toast fenugreek and cumin seeds in a pan over medium heat for about 4 minutes until fragrant, then let cool for 10 minutes before grinding.

Prepare chicken by pulling back the skin and stabbing holes into the meat for marinade penetration, then flip the skin back over.

Mix the cooled, ground spices into the yogurt marinade and add plant-based food coloring until desired red color is achieved.

Marinate the chicken for 24 hours, ensuring marinade gets under the skin and into the holes.

Prepare a green sauce by blending coriander, mint, yogurt, white wine vinegar, shallots, green chili, salt, and sugar in a food processor for about 30 seconds.

Salt the skin side of the marinated chicken before grilling.

Grill the chicken over a wood fire, starting with skin side down, ensuring the heat is not too high to prevent burning the skin.

Cook the chicken until it reaches the desired doneness, checking for proper internal temperature.

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