Tandoori Style Chicken

Not a true tandoori chicken, which is made in a tandoor oven. This chicken still has all the spice, and is easily made in the home oven.

• Ready In: 8 hrs 40 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 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

Directions

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).