Easy Tandoori chicken skewers. slimming world chicken skewers and wedges. Traditionally made in a tandoor, these tandoori chicken skewers taste great cooked on a barbecue or grill. Thread the chicken onto skewers and place on the baking tray.
Tandoori curry paste has a medium hot flavour; if you prefer something spicier use a Madras paste.
For a milder flavour use korma or tikka masala paste.
Instead of serving with rice, remove cooked chicken and peppers from skewers and serve in warm.
You can have Easy Tandoori chicken skewers using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Easy Tandoori chicken skewers
- Prepare of chicken thigh fillets.
- Prepare of onion (fine dice).
- It's of heaped tbsp yogurt.
- Prepare of garlic (crushed).
- Prepare of tomato puree.
- Prepare of curry powder (depending on how spicy you like it).
- It's of chilli powder to taste.
- Prepare of Little zest and squeeze of lime.
- Prepare of Salt, pepper.
- Prepare of accompaniments.
- It's of Pilau rice.
- It's of Fresh coriander (garnish).
- You need of lime wedges (garnish).
Summer is finally upon us and nothing says Summer like an outdoor BBQ. It's time to grab your tongs, fire up the grill and try out these chicken skewers marinated in tandoori spices. Make tandoori chicken on your grill! Chicken legs marinated in lemon juice, yogurt, and aromatic spices.
Easy Tandoori chicken skewers step by step
- Soak the wooden skewers in enough cold water to cover. Mix the onion, puréed garlic, yogurt and other marinade ingredients together. (You could use a paste instead of powder) feel free to add additional spices/aromatics. Taste and season (remember it needs to be quite intense to get a decent amount of flavour into the chicken)..
- Dice the thighs into 1inch chunks and add to the marinade, massage in. Cover and refrigerate for anywhere between 2hours-overnight. The longer the better..
- Thread the marinaded chicken onto the skewers. Grill under a preheated hot grill to colour and char evenly. Serve on a bed of pilau rice, garnish with fresh coriander and lime wedge..
Tandoori chicken gets its name from the bell-shaped tandoor clay oven which is also used to make naan, or Indian flatbread. These chicken skewers are always the belle of the barbecue. They are well-spiced, tender and truly delicious. Serve them as a starter, main course or side dish. Tandoori Chicken was the obvious next recipe I wanted to share after the other chicken recipes have been SO popular with you guys.