Tandoori-Spiced Chicken Breasts

Name: Tandoori-Spiced Chicken Breasts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 pinch a cayenne; 2 teaspoons coarse salt; 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh gingerroot; 1 large garlic clove; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground coriander seeds; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 118 milliliters low-fat plain yogurt; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 1 small red onion; 1 small fresh red or green chile such as serrano or cayenne; 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/4 pounds total); 1 teaspoons turmeric; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Tandoori-Spiced Chicken Breasts is a gluten free main course. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 26g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 183 calories. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up yogurt, cayenne, ground coriander seeds, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the low fat plain yogurt you could follow this main course with the Yogurt Molasses Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Mince garlic with salt and mash to a paste. Wearing protective gloves, mince chile (including seeds for a spicier paste) and in a bowl stir together with garlic paste and remaining spice paste ingredients.

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Garlic Paste

Spice Paste

Garlic

Chili Pepper

Ground Meat

Seeds

Salt

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Bowl

Make 3 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep in each chicken breast and rub spice paste into cuts and all over chicken. Marinate chicken, covered, 30 minutes at cool room temperature.

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Chicken Breast

Spice Paste

Whole Chicken

Dry Seasoning Rub

Preheat broiler and line broiler pan with foil.Halve onion through root end and reserve 1 half for sauce. Thinly slice remaining onion half, separating layers, and in a small bowl soak onion slices in ice water to cover while broiling chicken.

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Water

Whole Chicken

Onion

Sauce

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Broiler Pan

Broiler

Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Arrange chicken without crowding on rack of broiler pan.

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Whole Chicken

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Broiler Pan

Brush chicken with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil and broil about 3 inches from heat 8 minutes. Turn chicken over and brush with remaining teaspoon vegetable oil. Broil chicken until lightly browned and just cooked through, about 6 minutes more.

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Vegetable Oil