Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken Kebabs (Using Thigh boneless) 

These Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken kebabs made using Chicken Thigh Boneless are a healthy recipe, ideal as an appetizer or for a weeknight dinner and quick to make.

Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Kebabs like Afghani Chicken Kebab, Creamy Malai Chicken Kebab and Hariyali Chicken kebab are amazing ideas for a quick weeknight dinner or as appetizers for any occasion.

You should also try putting together a kebab platter >> Here is the Guide to an Ultimate Kebab Platter

These Tandoori Chicken Kebabs are traditionally done in a Tandoor( a cylindrical clay oven). In this recipe, we will air fry these kebabs, which will make it all the more easier and quicker to make these Chicken kebabs

Why Should You Make these Chicken Kebabs

• Tandoori Style Chicken Kebabs Or Tandoori Chicken Tikkas, are a good choice as an appetizer, or main course.
• Pair them with salads like Indian Kachumber Salad or this Super simple Garden Salad, and Mint Chutney and you are sorted up for a quick weeknight dinner or a light worktime lunch.
• Super Easy to make, once you have these marinated ahead.
• Absolutely perfect and versatile as an appetizer, low-carb dinner, Or as a main course
• An amazing Freezer meal idea. Can make this in about 15 mins if you have the chicken marinated and stored in the refrigerator

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• Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken Kebabs
• Why Should You Make these Chicken Kebabs
• Ingredients
• Substitutes, Optional, And Additional Ingredients
• Instructions
• Equipment
• Storage & Shelf Life
• Tips For the Best Tandoori Chicken Kebabs
• What To Serve With Tandoori Chicken Kebabs
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• Tips For the Best Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Ingredients

Usually, Tandoori Chicken kebabs and a lot of other varieties like Chicken Tikka, and Tandoori Tangdi Kebab, use a similar marinade. Here is a list of ingredients we use for these Airfryer Tandoori Kebabs

• Chicken Thigh Boneless - Fresh Chicken Thigh boneless and skinless. Frozen chicken should be thawed completely before marinating. Cut into 2-inch pieces.
• Yogurt/ Hung Curd - Greek yogurt or hung curd.
• Ginger-Garlic paste - ginger garlic paste, is an important ingredient in an indian recipe. you can find it in an Indian grocery section or can be homemade.
• Ground Cumin - ground cumin or the common jeera powder
• Garam Masala - Garam masala powder. A spice blend that is usually used a lot in Indian Food.
• Tandoori Masala - Tandoori masala is a blend of spices. Easily available from an Indian grocery store or on Amazon too.
• Gram Flour - We use besan or corn starch, to bind the marinade and give a lovely texture and body to the kebab
• Salt - to taste. Use Himalayan Pink, Regular iodized or Kosher salt. whatever suits best to your diet.
• Ghee - A little ghee to mix into the marinade and a little to grease the Air fryer Basket

Substitutes, Optional, And Additional Ingredients

The above ingredients are what you will need to make Chicken tandoori Kebabs

But you can always, switch or add additional ingredients

Tandoori masala - in absence of tandoori masala, you may stick to jeera powder and garam masala only.

Chaat Powder - a little addition of chaat powder, will elevate the kebab taste

Black Salt - Some black salt in addition to the regular salt, gives a real authentic taste and gives a light punch to these kebabs.

Instructions

Here's a Step By Step Process on Making these Air Fryer Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Equipment

To make this recipe Air Fryer, Oven, Pan Grill

Mixing bowl

Boxes to store

skewers if needed

Storage & Shelf Life

These are best served and eaten when fresh and warm or hot right after cooking.

So I suggest, Marinating and storing these kebabs in the freezer, so you can make them as and when needed.

Cooked kebabs stay good at room temperature around 75F/24C for a day. Any longer you will have to store them in the refrigerator.

Heat it up before eating.

Tips For the Best Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

1. Use Fresh chicken always. If you want to use frozen chicken, then let it thaw completely before marinating. 
2. Marinate for at least 30 minutes. For the best results, I recommend marinating them overnight
3. Every Air Fryer is different. So please set your timings and mode accordingly. Usually, this recipe is done in 12 minutes at about 340F
4. You can also grill this on a pan,  bake them or  make it on an outdoor grill/bbq 
5. Using Gram flour in the batter, binds and keeps the marinade together, plus it also gives that restaurant-style texture to the  Kebab
6. You may also use skewers for making these kebabs. Just dip them in water for about 10 mins, and then thread the chicken onto the skewers and then grill or bake.
7. For a smoky flavor - Once the kebabs are done, Remove them from the Airfryer and transfer them to a bowl with a lid. burn a charcoal add ghee and place it in the center of the kebabs and close the lid for about 5 to 8 mins. 

What To Serve With Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Since these Chicken Kebabs are suitable for various occasions, and meals.

You can actually pair and serve them with a lot of different variety of sides, accompaniments, salads, beverages, and mains

1. If you are watching your carb intake then low-carb accompaniments like this garlic sauce, salads like this tabbouleh salad,
2. To Serve as an appetizer, - this mint chutney, and salads like kachumber salad  Laccha (Onion )Salad Cucumber Yogurt Salad, Kale apple Salad, Cucumber Kimchi Salad, or this simple Garden Salad
3. Some bread you can serve - Pita Bread Pockets, Easy Naan Bread, Or this over-the-top  Peshawri Naan
4. Rice/ Pilafs/pulao to Serve with these tandoori kebabs - like this Easy Instant pot Coconut Rice, Lemon Flavoured Rice Or this classic Indian Restaurant Style Jeera Pulao
5. Beverages you can include - Minty Buttermilk, Mango Lassi, Strawberry lassi, Shikanji or this loaded sweet Amritsari Lassi

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