Barbecue Chicken

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs chicken pieces
• 3/4 small onion
• 1/3 cup tomato sauce
• 1/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 3/4 teaspoon fresh ginger, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 1/4 teaspoons coriander
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 1/4 whole cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon cumin seed
• 2 3/4 cardamom pods
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/8 teaspoon red food coloring

Recipe

• 1 remove the skin and all visible fat from the chicken pieces.
• 2 cut 2-3 slits, 1 inch long and 1/2 inch deep, in each piece of chicken.
• 3 place in a casserole dish and set aside. cut onion into 4-5 pieces.
• 4 in a blender jar put onion, tomato sauce, yogurt, ginger, garlic cloves, coriander, cayenne pepper, cloves, cumin seeds, cardamom pods, salt, garam masala and red food coloring.
• 5 blend to a smooth paste. pour the tandoori paste on the chicken and turn pieces to thoroughly coat with spices.
• 6 cover with a lid or plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator 4-24 hours.
• 7 preheat oven to 400 f.
• 8 remove chicken pieces from the marinade, saving marinade. arrange pieces in a broiler pan.
• 9 bake uncovered in the middle of the oven for 30 minutes.
• 10 turn pieces over and brush with remaining marinade. bake for 10-15 minutes until chicken is tender.
• 11 turn oven to broil.
• 12 turn pieces over once again and broil for 5 minutes to get a nice red color.
• 13 transfer to a serving platter.
• 14 serve with lemon wedges or squeeze lemon juice over the chicken before eating, if desired.