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Oven-Baked Tandoori Chicken

Oven-Baked Tandoori Chicken

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Servings 4 pounds chicken
Cuisine Indian

Ingredients
 

  • 4 pounds of chicken drumsticks skin removed

Spice Paste

  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ lime juiced

Tandoori marinade

Instructions
 

  • Rinse chicken and remove the skin. With a sharp knife, make 2 deep incisions in each drumstick and cut the tendon on each drumstick.
  • Make a spice paste by combining salt, paprika, and lime juice in a small bowl. Rub the paste into the cuts in chicken.
  • While the chicken is absorbing the flavors from the spice paste, coarsely grind your coriander, cumin, fennel, cardamom, and cloves in a spice grinder.
  • In a blender, add garlic, ginger, lime juice, coconut milk, salt, paprika, cayenne, and freshly ground spices. Blend together and add the mixture to the chicken. Once the chicken is well coated, add a couple of tablespoons of mustard oil on top.
  • Place the chicken in the refrigerator to marinate for about 20 minutes. Take out of the fridge and bring it to room temperature before putting it in the oven.
  • Place the drumsticks on a wire rack sitting on top of a foil-lined pan.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees on the convection setting and cook for 20 minutes or until done.
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