Roast Chicken | Tandoori Chicken

Roast Chicken

Marination Time-8hrs + Cooking Time-1hr                Serves:6-8

INGREDIENTS:

For Marination: 

1. Whole Chicken-2kg (cleaned and washed thoroughly)
2. Onion (2 medium size)
3. Ginger (1inch)
4. Garlic (15-20cloves)
5. Curd (1cup)
6. Salt as per taste 
7. Red chili powder (1tbsp)
8. Garam masala (1tsp)

For Roasting:

1. Melted butter (3tbsp)
2. Chopped garlic (1tbsp optional)

METHOD:

For marination:

1. Score the chicken (add slits with a knife in breast, legs, back etc for better penetration of the marinade)
2. Grind onion,ginger and garlic to a smooth paste. 
3. Whisk the curd. 
4. In a mixing bowl add the ground onion,ginger and garlic.To this add the whisked curd, salt according to taste, 1tbsp of red chili powder and 1tsp of garam masala powder. Mix all the ingredients and the masala for marinating the chicken in ready.
5. To this marinade, add the whole chicken. Rub it well with the marinade, making sure all parts of the chicken are coated well with this masala.
6. Marinate in the refrigerator for minimum 2 hours. For best result I keep it overnight. 

Roasting: 

1. Take the chicken out of the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature.
2. Transfer it to a baking tray breast side down. Add half of the remaining masala which is left in the bowl on the back side of the chicken.
3. Bake in the microwave in the Combination mode (Micro+Grill mode) for 40-45mins. This time is appropriate for a 2kg bird. The time will depend on the size of the bird you are cooking. (You can also bake in a pre-heated oven at 180degree for about 1hr 15mins)
4. After 20 mins take the chicken out and flip it. So now the breast side will face upwards. Add the remaining half of the masala on the breast side. This will prevent the chicken from drying up and will keep it moist. 
5. After baking for another 10 mins take it out and brush some melted butter mixed with chopped garlic on all the parts of the chicken. This will give a great flavor and the chicken will look shiny and more appealing. 
6. After 45 mins take the chicken out and insert a knife to check if its done.
7. The masala left on the pan can be mixed with some water and cooked to make a gravy to accompany the roast tandoori chicken. 

Serve the roast chicken with onion,cucumber, gravy and some green chutney. The recipe of green chutney is there in my blog. 

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