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Tandoori Chicken Wings (in Air Fryer & in Oven)

Mar 19, 2021 4 Comments

Tandoori Chicken Wings (in Air Fryer & in Oven) is an Indian Appetizer recipe. Crispy and Smokey Chicken Wings tossed with Indian Spices is cooked in the oven until charred and served with a spicy Cilantro Chili Chutney (sauce).
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overhead view of tandoori chicken in a black plate

Smokey and Spicy flavored Tandoori Chicken Wings are a favorite Indian appetizer recipe. Chicken Wings are coated in a spice mixture of Yogurt, Cumin, Garam Masala, and other spices and kept overnight. It is then Air Fried or can be baked or grilled.

This extremely delicious Indian Tandoori Chicken Wings is a serious crowd-pleaser, especially for game nights.

Serve it with your favorite Indian Chutney or Blue Cheese Dressing and it's going to be a sure hit in the fam.

tandoori chicken wings on a black plate with onions and cilantro chutney on the side
tandoori chicken wings with cilantro and onion rings

Tandoori Chicken Wings

Hey friends, So today I'll be sharing with y'all this amazing Indian Tandoori Chicken Wings Recipe. It's a family favorite recipe in my home and we love to make it for game night or just a quick evening appetizer. People in my home also love to enjoy these with some homemade Chai, especially during the cold days 🙂

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  • Tandoori Chicken Wings
  • What does "Tandoori" Means?
  • What is a Tandoor?
  • Indian Chicken Wings
  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 👩🏻‍🍳 Instructions
  • Why Not Make Tandoori Chicken Wings on Stovetop?
  • Tandoori Chicken Wings in oven
  • Tandoori Chicken Wings in Air fryer
  • 🥗 Serving Suggestions
  • 📖 Other Chicken Recipes
  • Tandoori Chicken Wings (in Air Fryer & in Oven)
  • Storage Instructions
  • Make Ahead Instructions:
tandoori chicken collage of chicken with marinade

What does "Tandoori" Means?

Tandoori refers to meat or anything else which is cooked in a "TANDOOR". Now, what is a Tandoor? Tandoor is a large clay pot that is used to cook meat or bread or vegetables over a charcoal fire.

tandoori chicken on a black plate
tandoori chicken wings with cilantro and onion rings on a black plate

What is a Tandoor?

Tandoor is typically a huge clay pit, which holds a small fire created with Charcoal. The amount of fire and heat is controlled by the amount of oxygen entering the oven through a small window which is made at the bottom of the clay pot.

Generally, Meat or Bread is passed through an iron skewer and placed inside the hot clay pot until it gets cooked. The temperature inside is extremely hot, almost about 600 to 700F and this results in Meat getting cooked to perfection very quickly, the spices, also getting cooked with the Chicken and resulting in a slightly burnt taste, along with the smokey taste of the Charcoal, which we love about any Tandoori Recipe.

The slightly burnt and smokey flavor is what makes any Tandoori recipe so amazing. It's in fact the only highlight we love about these Tandoori recipes.

Call it like a traditional Indian grill, it's hugely popular, and things like Naan Bread or Stuffed Naan Bread is known as "Kulchas" are made here.

tandoori chicken stacked on a black plate with cilantro chutney and onion rings
tandoori chicken wings with cilantro and onion rings

Also, Tandoori Chicken is such a popular Indian recipe. It's humongously popular in North India.

When you visit places like Punjab, Delhi, or Lucknow, which are known for their extreme climates. You'll find people in those cold winter days, cooking by this hot tandoor or cold winter nights and enjoying conversations with family and friends.

Indian Chicken Wings

You must have had various varieties of Chicken Wings. Such as Thai Chicken Wings, Sriracha Wings, Korean Chicken Wings, Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings, but this is Indian Chicken Wings.

The Common notion about Indian food is - it's spicy! But, it's not that spicy that you'd need water to mellow it down.

It's a sort of spicy which when hits your mouth, makes your taste buds dance in joy. In fact, I know you love Spicy.

Recipes like Chicken Tikka Masala or Indian Butter chicken or Chicken Korma or Murg Saagwala served with homemade Naan Bread is something that you'd fall in love with every time you have it.

I have a special connection with Indian food.

Growing up in India, I have watched my Mom and my Gran cook delicious meals in the kitchen.

For me, Indian food is all about aroma. It's the beautiful fragrance that envelopes your home.

chicken coated with spices and kept in a bowl
chicken wings marinated and kept in a bowl

No Doubt, Indian recipes require a lot of masalas aka spices. And, it is these spices that build the flavor in our recipes. Every spice has a unique role to play.

Some Spices which you absolutely cannot miss are Garam Masala and Chaat Masala.

overhead view of tandoori chicken in a black plate
tandoori chicken wings with cilantro and onion rings

Garam Masala is like the heart of Indian cooking. As a child, I saw my mom making Garam Masala at home. She would ask my dad to get all the whole spices like black cardamom, green cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, white pepper, star anise, and nutmeg. Then she would use a mortar pestle to ground them into a fine powder. When garam masala hits the recipe, the flavor and fragrance know no boundaries.

Chaat Masala is a recent spice mix that wasn't there until the early 2000s. What I love about chaat Masala is how it adds that "chatpata" taste to our recipe. I just googled - Chatpata means Piquant in English. So, basically what I am trying to say is - Chaat Masala has that sharp tangy taste that hits the right spots. Basically, it is made out of dry mango powder, cumin, chili powder, mint leaves, dry ginger, asafoetida, and black pepper. Looking at the ingredients, I guess you can imagine how awesome it would taste.

🥘 Ingredients

This Tandoori Chicken Wings is an Indian Recipe, so you will need a lot of Indian spices. You can find all of these in an Indian Grocery store.

To "Marinate" the Chicken Wings

FYI: Marination means coating chicken wings with spices.

  • Yogurt
  • Turmeric
  • Paprika
  • Garam Masala
  • Chaat Masala
  • Coriander Powder (or Curry Powder)
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Chopped Garlic
  • Chopped Ginger
  • Besan (Gram Flour/Chickpea Flour)
  • Lime Juice
  • Kasuri Methi or Fenugrek Leves

See the recipe card for quantities. Also, check out the video for a visual 🎥

👩🏻‍🍳 Instructions

This Tandoori Chicken Wings recipe is so easy.

  • First, just coat the Chicken with these spices and refrigerate it covered for 1 hour or overnight.
  • Next, either bake it in the oven at 400F or 230C for 25-30 minutes
roasting chicken wings in oven
chicken wings in baking tray

OR

  • Air Fry, it for 20 minutes, at 180C at 350F flipping in between.
cooking chicken wings in air fryer
chicken wings in air fryer
  • After these are done serve this with a quick homemade Cilantro Chutney (recipe in the card below)

Why Not Make Tandoori Chicken Wings on Stovetop?

I prefer making Indian Tandoori Chicken wings in either my oven or my Air fryer. I avoid frying them up on the stovetop.

  • This is because when you fry your chicken on the stovetop, the oil splatters all over the place and it becomes too messy. But, when you do it in an oven or in an Air fryer all of these happen in a closed space and therefore there is nothing to worry about.
  • Another reason to avoid Frying your Chicken wings on the stovetop is when your chicken hits the hot oil it leaves most of the spices in the oil. This doesn't happen in an oven or an Air fryer. As a result, your chicken wings are crispy on the outside and juicy and flavorful on the inside.
  • One of the major reasons to avoid Stovetop is Oil. If you go about frying your Chicken Wings on Stovetop it would require so much oil. But, when you bake them in an oven or cook them in Air Fryer, you make them with Zero Oil. It's so healthy and we know how delicious it is.

Tandoori Chicken Wings in oven

oven baked tandoori chicken wings before and after
Comparison of before and after image of tandoor chicken wings in oven

Tandoori Chicken Wings can easily be prepared in an oven. Just like these Baked Chicken Wings - Honey Garlic Chicken Wings,

  • Just preheat your oven to 230C or 400F
  • Prepare a baking sheet with Parchment Paper.
  • Bake your chicken wings for 25-30 minutes.

Your Chicken wings are already coated with a lot of spices. And then there is Gram Flour or Besan to add that crispy touch. Moreover, there is Yogurt to add that tangy element to your Chicken Wings.

When these Chicken Wings hit the hot oven they crisp up evenly. And, after 30-minutes of waiting you are left with something that's unbelievably tasty.

Tandoori Chicken Wings in Air fryer

air fryer chicken wings before and after
comparison of before and after image of tandoori chicken wings in air fryer

Tandoor Chicken Wings can also be prepared in your Air Fryer. In fact, to be honest with you, I love my Tandoori Chicken in Air Fryer more than Oven-baked ones. Also, try my other Air fryer wings such as Cajun Chicken Wings,  Southern Fried Chicken with Buttermilk, Cauliflower Wings with Panko Parmesan.

Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken Wings are so healthy because it contains Zero Oil and also for that smoky taste.

  • If your Air Fryer needs to be Preheated you can Preheat it at 180C or 350F
  • Now just place your Chicken Wings in your Air fryer.
  • Cook for 20-25 minutes tossing midway.

🥗 Serving Suggestions

You can Serve Tandoori Chicken with so many things:

  • Plain Yogurt - One of the most popular way to enjoy Chicken Wings
  • Cilantro Lime Dip - Popularly Known as Dhaniya Chutney this Cilantro Lime Dip is so amazing and widely popular in India.
  • Tomato Ketchup - Ketchup goes with everything. So, if you can't find your hands on any of the above, then serve with tomato ketchup.

📖 Other Chicken Recipes

  • Lemon Pepper Wings (with homemade Lemon Pepper Seasoning)
  • General Tso's Chicken Recipe
  • Crispy Baked Thai Chicken Wings
  • Sticky and Spicy Korean Chicken Wings
  • Extra Crispy Cajun Dry Rub Chicken Wings in Air Fryer
  • Honey Garlic Chicken Wings (BAKED)
  • Baked Buffalo Wings
  • Sriracha Wings (BAKED) Recipe

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overhead view of tandoori chicken in a black plate

Tandoori Chicken Wings (in Air Fryer & in Oven)

Tandoori Chicken Wings (in Air Fryer & in Oven) is an Indian Appetizer recipe. Crispy and Smokey Chicken Wings tossed with Indian Spices is cooked in the oven until charred and served with a spicy Cilantro Chili Chutney (sauce).
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
no resting time required: 0 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 365kcal
Author: Surup

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 lbs Chicken Wings

spices to coat the Chicken Wings with

  • 3 tablespoon Yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric
  • 1 tablespoon Smoked Paprika
  • 1 tablespoon Garam Masala
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Powder or Curry Powder
  • 1 tablespoon Chaat Masala
  • Salt & Pepper as per taste
  • 4 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 inch Ginger finely chopped
  • 3 tablespoon Besan Chickpea Flour / Gram Flour
  • 1 tablespoon Lime Juice 1 whole Lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Fenugreek Leaves (Kasuri Methi)

Garnish

  • chopped Cilantro
  • Red Onion Rings
  • Lime Juice to drizzle on top

For Cilantro Chili Chutney

  • 2 cup Chopped Cilantro
  • 4 medium sized Tomatoes
  • 5 cloves Garlic
  • 5 small Serrano Peppers
  • 1 teaspoon Salt Adjust as per taste
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INSTRUCTIONS

Coat the Chicken Wings

  • Coat the Chicken: Pat dry the wings using a kitchen towel. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl along with the Chicken Wings. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or overnight.
    chicken coated with spices and kept in a bowl

Cook in Air Fryer

  • Cook in Air Fryer: Place the Chicken Wings in the Air Fryer basket. If your Air Fryer needs to be preheated, then Preheat it at 180C or 350F. Cook Chicken Wings in Air Fryer for 20-25 minutes at 180C or 350F, tossing midway
    cooking chicken wings in air fryer

Roast in Oven

  • Cook in the Oven: Preheat the oven to 400F or 230C. Place the Chicken Wings on a grilling rack. Place this rack on a lined baking dish. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Flip midway.
    roasting chicken wings in oven

Cilantro Chili Chutney

  • In a high-speed blender, (do not use a food processor), blend together, Fresh Cilantro with garlic cloves, Serrano Pepper, Tomatoes, and Salt until smooth and resembles a dip. Add a little bit of water if the chutney is too thick. Blend on high speed. Take it out in a bowl and serve with the Tandoori Chicken Wings
    tandoori chicken stacked on a black plate with cilantro chutney and onion rings

Garnish and Serve

  • Garnish with chopped Cilantro and Lime Juice. Serve with Onion Rings, Cilantro Chili Chutney, or any sauce or dip you, love.
    tandoori chicken wings on a black plate with onions and cilantro chutney on the side

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Notes

Storage Instructions

You can store your Chicken wings in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. But, before you do that make sure it has cooled down to room temperature. Put it in a sealable bag and then you can store it or 2 days, I do not recommend storing this for a longer duration.
To Serve:
To Serve make sure you thaw it on the countertop and then bake in your oven at 350F for 10-15 minutes. Then turn your oven to broil (grill) mode on medium-high heat and allow it to become crispy for 2-3 minutes.

Make Ahead Instructions:

You can coat your chicken with spices. Place them in a bowl and cover them with a plastic wrap. Refrigerate this for 2 days and then you can follow the instructions to make the recipe.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Tandoori Chicken Wings (in Air Fryer & in Oven)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 365 Calories from Fat 198
% Daily Value*
Fat 22g34%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 5g
Monounsaturated Fat 8g
Cholesterol 96mg32%
Sodium 691mg30%
Potassium 683mg20%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 27g54%
Vitamin A 2156IU43%
Vitamin C 25mg30%
Calcium 76mg8%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Gina Smith says

    July 12, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    5 stars
    Wow!! So delicious!! Love the recipe!!!!

    Reply
    • Anjali says

      July 13, 2021 at 4:19 am

      I know right? It's one of our favorite weeknight recipes.

      Reply
  2. James says

    February 08, 2023 at 7:23 am

    5 stars
    Simply the best Indian spiced Chicken wings ever! loved every bit of it and it was just so delicious.

    Reply
  3. Mia says

    February 08, 2023 at 7:24 am

    5 stars
    Made it tonight! My husband raved about it. Definitely a keeper!!!

    Reply

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