Is Tandoori Chicken Difficult to Make?

Recently, the Indian delicacy known as Tandoori Chicken, has become very popular within America. Tandoori Chicken is a tremendous hit at parties, great meals for school or work, easy eats for feasts and is even good for weddings! So, we know Tandoori Chicken is great for big events but what about making it at home?

Tandoori Chicken is very easy to make because it doesn’t take very long, there aren’t many ingredients and the overall recipe seems very straight to the point. The easy cooking versions of making this chicken take about ten minutes for preparation and twenty minutes to cook. The ingredients usually consist of chicken drumsticks/thighs, a variety of spices, yogurt and oil. The chicken is marinated in the combination of spices and yogurt for about five minutes then cooked on a grill for 3 or 4 minutes per side. The original recipe of Tandoori Chicken is marinated in yogurt and seasoned with tandoori masala. The spices tend to make the food moderately hot but the heat is toned down to a mild taste level in most Western places.

This meal is commonly eaten with Naan (round flatbread, slight resemblance to pita but is softer in texture). When written out, the Tandoori Chicken recipe isn’t very complicated at all. In the morning time, a person can easily cook this for work or school. One of the best benefits to this meal is that the more it is marinated, the better it will taste.