These spicy, tangy wings benefit from just 2 hours in the marinade, but if you’ve got the time and the determination, a full 8 hours will make magic happen. The yogurt tenderizes the chicken as it sits, so the further in advance you make this recipe, the better!
Recipe information
Yield
4–6 servings
Ingredients
3
4
1
4
2
1
2¼
¾
¼
Preparation
Step 1
Season chicken wings generously with salt and place in a one-gallon resealable plastic bag.
Step 2
Pulse chiles, ginger, garlic, garam masala, paprika, and 2 cups cilantro in a food processor until finely chopped. Add yogurt and lemon juice and pulse, scraping down sides as necessary, until smooth and well combined. Pour marinade into bag with chicken. Seal bag and turn to evenly coat chicken with marinade. Chill at least 2 hours and up to 8.
Step 3
Let chicken sit at room temperature 1 hour before grilling.
Step 4
Prepare a grill for medium heat; oil grate. Remove chicken from marinade, letting excess drip back into bag, and grill, turning every 3–4 minutes, until charred in spots and cooked through, 10–12 minutes total. Transfer to a platter and let rest 5 minutes.
Step 5
Chop remaining ¼ cup cilantro and sprinkle over wings. Serve with lemon wedges alongside.
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Reviews (16)
Back to TopI’ve done this recipe and works great, I am amazed at some of the comments from so called experts n Indian cooking the CANT read. The 24 hours marinade was done by a reader, not the chef. And the finished product was a failure.. And definition of Tandoori is a combination of Tandoori tastes spicy and flavorful, with a slightly smoky taste due to the high heat of the tandoor. The spices used in tandoori dishes, such as cumin, coriander, garam masala, and turmeric, give them a warm, aromatic flavor.
Anonymous
Waxahachie texas
5/27/2023
Flavor not that strong even after close to 24 hr marinade, with five chilis. Grilling wings needs a slow and low method, grilled on a low fire for 3x as long. These wings were chewy and gristly. Disappointing
Jake
11/13/2022
I was thrilled to see a recipe that seemed to give that lovely char that you get on a grill, but made in the oven. I don't own a grill, nor do we have a place to put a grill in my building, but we love the taste of grilled foods. The low broil in my oven did not give the heat required to get even close to the picture. During the second cook, I turned the broiler on high and left it on high for the final cook, but still. No char. This just didn't work for me.
MH
San Francisco, CA
7/25/2022
Fantastic recipe! And so easy.
Carolina Rosado
Hamburg, Germany
7/26/2021
Love this recipe! Made these for my family the other night and was a huge hit. Super simple and tasty. I really like the move with the yogurt... I never would have thought about that! Thanks Molly and BA for this delicious Indian treat! Keep em coming!
Anonymous
Boston
8/9/2018
What the ? Get Off Your High Horse - tandoor is a type of oven and not a specific mix. The term tandoor /tɑːnˈdʊər/ refers to a variety of ovens, the most commonly known is a cylindrical clay or metal oven used in cooking and baking. The tandoor is used for cooking in Southern, Central and Western Asia, as well as in the South Caucasus. The heat for a tandoor was traditionally generated by a charcoal or wood fire, burning within the tandoor itself, thus exposing the food to live-fire, radiant heat cooking, and hot-air, convection cooking, and smoking by the fat and food...
Anonymous
Texas
8/8/2018
"up to 24 hours"? What?! Any informed recipe-writer or Indian cook knows that a citrus marinade denatures proteins in chicken past about 8 hours, to a point of mush. It becomes ceviche chicken at 24 hours in a citrus bath. Overnight acidic soaking has been debunked over and over. And where's the kasoori methi or Kashmiri red chili or chaat masala or cumin or coriander? You mention garam masala but that alone doesn't constitute a tandoori mix, despite having elements of one. Sure there are variations, but this isn't one. The writer and editor of this recipe are under-informed and discrediting BA's otherwise tempting recipes. Indian dishes and adaptations of them should make BA more often, but please know what you're talking about first.
What the?
8/1/2018