Correct oven temperature for chicken tikka at home
To make chicken tikka in oven, should I bake at 350c for about 40 min and then broil it on high for 2 min?
I don't expect same taste as if it was a tandoor oven, but hoping for something close.
Assume I have the ingredients for proper marinade?
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Make sure that the tikkas do not touch a surface e.g. an aluminium foil or a tray. Suspend them from a grid and use a lined tray at the bottom of the oven to collect the fat/juices. Cook at 180°C for 20-25 minutes (to cook the chicken through) and then cook on maximum temperature (usually 350°C) for 5-7 minutes to get the charred/burnt effect.
As a side note, roast some besan (gram flour) and ajwain (carom seeds) in 1 tablespoon of mustard oil and add it to the marinade. And sprinkle coriander and mint extremely finely chopped together over your chicken immediately after it is out of the oven.
For the best tikkas or tandoori, if you have the time and space, build and use your own tandoor as described here:
350C is very high temperature for tikkas, use a 180C oven. First you need to boil the chicken for 5 to 10 minutes on medium heat, then put the chicken in marinade ingredients, and after 10 minutes, put it in the oven. It’ll take 20 minutes to cook.
Use chicken tenders. marinade minimum 4 hours in a mixture of ginger and garlic paste, yogurt, a little olive olive, Dhaniya powder, salt, Kasuri Methi, Kashmiri Mirch. Heat own to 500F. place tenders in skewer and place skewer on a deep dish so chicken is 'hanging' If oven has convection feature use convection bake, Let tenders cook for 17-20 minutes, Check that inside cooked temp is 165F. Let rest for 5 minutes, place in bowl. Brush/drizzle with ghee, sprinkle with chopped coriander. Toss.
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