Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, mex-inspired tandoori chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mex-inspired tandoori chicken using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mex-Inspired Tandoori Chicken:

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

Instructions 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.
7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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