# Tandoori Chicken

A flavorful tandoori chicken recipe that can be cooked in an air fryer, perfect for those who want to avoid plain chicken and rice.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lb chicken
- 2 tbsp tandoori masala
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp salt
- 15 ml lemon juice
- 15 ml avocado oil
- red chili powder

## Instructions

1. Squeeze lemon juice into a bowl. The speaker mentions that it makes the chicken juicy when cooked and they put a couple of tablespoons for 1 pound of chicken.
2. Add paprika for better color.
3. Add tandoori masala, approximately two tablespoons.
4. Pour in avocado oil.
5. Add salt to taste.
6. If you want it very spicy, add red chili powder. The speaker suggests putting about two spoonfuls.
7. Mix all the ingredients together to create the masala.
8. If desired, add one more spoon of lemon juice to make it more juicy and ensure it mixes well.
9. Place the marinated chicken into an air fryer.
10. Cook in the air fryer at 400 degrees for approximately 15 minutes.

## Equipment

- air fryer

## Tips

- Adding more lemon juice can make the chicken more juicy.
- You can adjust the amount of red chili powder for your desired spice level.
- It's always the funny part of my dad's recipes. I'll ask him what you put in it. He's like, oh, don't worry. And it always tastes really good. So, you know, he does it with hot intuition. But hopefully, this gives you a template to follow.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DS2pa6KkWL-/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/44470250-656b-4aec-a8e8-2d634a430303
- Extracted: 2026-01-11

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