Simple Way to Prepare Favorite Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken is 6 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The yogurt in this Tandoori-inspired marinade has a wonderful tenderizing effect on the chicken and helps the marinade penetrate the flesh so you have lots of great flavor through and through. You'll want to marinate for at least 4 hours, but 8 hours up to overnight is ideal. You can adapt this idea of Tandoori Chicken to any number of cuisines and flavor profiles. If moist, tender, flavorful roast chicken is your cooking Achilles' Heel no matter how hard you try, you might want to give this recipe a shot. :)

Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken:

1. 5 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces, scored 1/4" deep twice on each side (whole drums and thighs or half breast pieces)
2. 1 cup yogurt
3. 1 medium tomato, finely chopped (if no fresh tomatoes, you can use 1/3 cup well drained chopped canned tomatoes)
4. 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped or grated
5. 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped or grated
6. 1.5-2 Tablespoons kosher salt
7. 2 teaspoons sugar
8. the zest of 1 lime
9. 1 Tablespoon lime juice
10. 1/3-1/2 cup chopped cilantro
11. 2 teaspoons achiote powder
12. 1 teaspoon cumin
13. 2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano (the other kind will do in a pinch, of course)
14. 2-4 minced Serrano chilies (Jalapeños work as well)
15. 3 Tablespoons oil
16. 1 green onion, chopped, and a handful of chopped cilantro for garnish

Instructions to make to make Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken

1. Place all ingredients in large mixing bowl and mix and massage with your hands to thoroughly and evenly season each piece of chicken.
2. Allow to marinate for at least 4 hours, and up to a full day, in the refrigerator, making sure to redistribute the chicken once or twice to ensure that all the seasoning gets evenly distributed again after the chicken and vegetable matter release liquid.
3. An hour before cooking, take the chicken out of the fridge and lay the chicken out in a single layer, skin side down, on a lightly oiled broiler pan, or on a rack on a baking pan or sheet, to bring the chicken up to room temp.
4. Preheat the oven to broil (this usually takes 20 minutes or so), then broil the chicken about 4 inches under the broiler element (yours may be under the oven or right under the top heat element of the main oven compartment) for 8 minutes per side, finishing this step with the skin side up.
5. Turn the oven heat down to 425F and continue roasting the chicken on the middle rack for another 20 to 25 minutes.
6. Serve on a platter with chopped green onions and cilantro sprinkled atop.

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