Oven-Baked Tandoori Chicken

Step 1

Rinse chicken and remove the skin. With a sharp knife, make 2 deep incisions in each drumstick and cut the tendon on each drumstick.

Step 2

Make a spice paste by combining salt, paprika, and lime juice in a small bowl. Rub the paste into the cuts in chicken.

Step 3

While the chicken is absorbing the flavors from the spice paste, coarsely grind your coriander, cumin, fennel, cardamom, and cloves in a spice grinder.

Step 4

In a blender, add garlic, ginger, lime juice, coconut milk, salt, paprika, cayenne, and freshly ground spices. Blend together and add the mixture to the chicken. Once the chicken is well coated, add a couple of tablespoons of mustard oil on top.

Step 5

Place the chicken in the refrigerator to marinate for about 20 minutes. Take out of the fridge and bring it to room temperature before putting it in the oven.

Step 6

Place the drumsticks on a wire rack sitting on top of a foil-lined pan.

Step 7

Preheat oven to 400 degrees on the convection setting and cook for 20 minutes or until done.