Recipes for tandoor ovens

A clay cylinder at 400°C, with meat on vertical skewers and bread on the wall.

Tandoori Chicken Without a Tandoor

Two marinades, not one. The first is salt, lemon and chilli cutting into scored meat; the second is yoghurt and spice clinging to the surface. That order is the whole technique.

35 min · serves 4

At a glance

Recipe	Method	Grill temp	Cook time	Pull at
Tandoori Chicken Without a Tandoor	Two-zone cooking	230 to 290°C (450 to 550°F)	35 min	80°C (175°F)

Techniques used

Two-zone cooking. Coals banked to one side: a searing zone and a gentle zone in one grill. The single most useful technique in charcoal cooking.

Cookers these suit

Drum smokers. Kamado grills. Kettle grills. Tandoor ovens.