Tandoori chicken is a delicious recipe made using chicken and shared here is along with a video procedure. It is made without oven on a gas stove.
I have shared every step by step detail in this post on how to make tandoori chicken without using a microwave.
Other chicken recipes to be tried on the blog are chicken pakora, chicken 65, hyderabadi chicken biryani, chicken korma etc…
To make this recipe, I have used chicken pieces and marinated them with spices. Tandoori chicken requires two step marination procedure to give a juicy and soft texture to the cooked chicken.
The chicken pieces are marinated for about 30 to 40 minutes with some basic herbs and then cooked on low flame for about 30 minutes in some butter and oil.
The chicken here is cooked in a pan and it gives a good juicy flavor as obtained in an oven. One does not require any oven to make the tandoori chicken.
First marination to the chicken needs some basic spices and a lemon extract which helps in tenderizing the chicken.
Second marination requires yogurt and some more spices which are infused into the chicken after marinating it for a long time.
The recipe does not need any tandoori chicken masala and yet it gives the best restaurant flavor.
This recipe can also be made using just chicken legs or some drumsticks but here, I have made use of tandoori pieces which are easily available in every chicken centre.
Chicken here is cooked on low flame to give a juicy flavor to the chicken. It is a very easy method of making tandoori chicken and I assure that my blog readers would not be disheartened after trying out the recipe.
Below are the recipe details on how to make tandoori chicken using a gas stove without a microwave.
Tandoori chicken here is not a dry recipe as I have added oil and butter to give a good juicy and moist texture to the recipe.
Video procedure for tandoori chicken:
How to make tandoori chicken without oven:
tandoori chicken recipe without oven | no oven easy tandoori chicken on gas stove
Ingredients
First marination:
- 2 tandoori chicken pieces 750 gms approx...
- salt - to taste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp lemon extracted juice
Second marination:
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- salt - to taste
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp red food color
- 1 tbsp oil
To cook the chicken:
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp butter
For garnishing:
- onion rings
- sliced or grated carrots
- coriander leaves
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Firstly, take two tandoori chicken pieces, make gashes or cuts that is 3 cuts on top, 1 at the joint, 3 on drumsticks, 1 at the end of the leg.
First marination:
- Take the chicken pieces into a bowl, add salt as per taste, red chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon extracted juice.
- Mix the chicken with the spices completely.
- Marinate the chicken inside the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Second marination:
- Take a bowl, into it add thick yogurt, add red chilli powder, salt as per taste, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste, red food color, oil, mix the spices without lumps.
- Add the marinated chicken pieces into it, mix well and marinate again for another 15-20 minutes.
Cooking the chicken:
- Take a pan, into it add oil, butter and heat it.
- Add the marinated chicken pieces into it.
- Add the left over marinade all over the chicken.
- Cover and cook the chicken for 10 minutes on low flame.
- Flip the chicken and cook the chicken on the other side for 10 minutes on low flame.
- Keep flipping and cook the chicken on each side until both the sides get cooked well on low flame.
- When the chicken is cooked well, take the chicken pieces out on a plate.
- Serve them using lemon wedges, onion rings, grated carrots etc.
- Watch the video procedure above.
Tried this yesterday. Loved it. Thankyou for sharing.