Tandoori Style Chicken

Total Time: 8 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• 1 -2 jalapeno chiles or 1 -2 serrano chili, seeded and minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 lbs skinless chicken legs or 3 lbs skinless chicken thighs

Recipe

• 1 stir together lime juice, yogurt, minced chiles, salt, turmeric, coriander, cumin, ginger, garlic, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, and 1 tbsp of oil in a mixing bowl.
• 2 cut slits across the meat of chicken and rub spice mixture all over chicken.
• 3 marinate chicken in this mixture for 8 hours or overnight.
• 4 preheat the last tbsp of oil in the bottom of a roasting pan and layer chicken pieces in the bottom of pan.
• 5 bake 425f for 35-40 minutes or until chicken is done (you may want to check the chicken about 5-8 minutes before and it may even cook longer than the 40 min, depending on size of pieces).