Tandoori Chicken is a hugely popular dish all over the world. Our Keto Tandoori Chicken recipe is an aromatic full flavored meal that you’ll want to make, over and over.
The marinade is bursting with flavor and the acidic lemon juice and yogurt. The marinade helps tenderize the tandoori chicken. The longer you leave it to marinate, the more intense the flavor will be.
Packaged tandoori paste often contains sugars, stabilizers and wheat, none of which you want to be eating on keto.
By making your own tandoori marinade you eliminate all these extra carbs. And you can also adjust the level of spice to your own personal taste.
This Keto Tandoori Chicken recipe is quite mild compared to many Indian dishes, while still providing a big punch of flavor.
This recipe makes 4 servings, the recipe card reflects 1 serving which is 1/4 of the total recipe.
First Marinade Ingredients for Keto Tandoori Chicken
This Keto Chicken Tandoori recipe has two seperate marinade ingredients and is apply in to the legs in two steps.
- 1.5 pounds of Chicken Marylands (Leg & thigh pieces), 4 pieces total
- 1 teaspoon of Garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon of Ginger, crushed
- 1 teaspoon of Kashmiri Chilly Powder
- 1 teaspoon of Salt
- 1 teaspoon of Lemon Juice
- 2 teaspoons of Olive Oil
Second Chicken Marinade Ingredients
- 1/4 cup of Full Fat Greek or Natural Yogurt
- 1 teaspoon of Garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon of Ginger, crushed
- 1 teaspoon of Kashmiri Chilly Powder
- 1 teaspoon of Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of Cumin, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon of Paprika, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon of Allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon of Garam Masala
- 1 teaspoon of Lemon Juice
How To Make Keto Tandoori Chicken
- Cut 4 to 5 slits in each piece of chicken.
- Mix together all ingredients in the first marinade and rub over the chicken legs, ensuring that some marinate gets into the slits. We suggest investing in some disposable gloves.
- Marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Mix together all the ingredients for the second marinade and pour over the chicken.
- Rub the second keto chicken marinade all over the leg and thighs and leave to marinate in the fridge for another 30 minutes.
- Preheat fan forced oven to 190C/374F.
- Lay the pieces of chicken on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
- Roast the chicken pieces for 30-45 minutes, until the skin has crisped and the legs are cooked through.
- Serve with a squeeze of lime.
If you don’t feel like tandoori chicken tonight try these other recipes
We make lots of keto chicken recipes using the wings thigh and leg, especially for their juicy fat content.
Keto Tandoori Chicken - Low Carb "Mild & Spicy" LOADED with Indian Flavor!
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds Chicken Legs 4 pieces
First Marinade
- 1 teaspoon garlic crushed
- 1 teaspoon Ginger crushed
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri Chili Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
Second Marinade
- 1/4 cup Greek Yoghurt
- 1 teaspoon garlic crushed
- 1 teaspoon Ginger crushed
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri Chili Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin ground
- 1/2 teaspoon Paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon Allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon Garam Masala
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Cut 4 to 5 slits in each piece of chicken.
- Mix together all ingredients in the first marinade and rub over the chicken legs, ensuring that some marinate gets into the slits. We suggest investing in some disposable gloves.
- Marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Mix together all the ingredients for the second marinade and pour over the chicken.
- Rub the second marinade all over the chicken and leave to marinate in the fridge for another 30 minutes.
- Preheat fan forced oven to 190C/374F.
- Lay the pieces of chicken on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
- Roast the chicken pieces for 30-45 minutes, until the skin has crisped and the legs are cooked through.
- Serve with a squeeze of lime.
Notes
Nutrition
To make a larger batch of this Keto Tandoori Chicken recipe adjust the servings amounts in the recipe card above.
It looks similar to the regular recipe. But it looks tempting. Thanks for sharing
Hi Andreya,
It certainly is similar, it’s as close as you can get while keeping it keto friendly!
Gerri
Is the recipe for 4 whole legs or 4 drumsticks? The photos only show 2 whole legs but the recipe is for 4?
Hi Divya,
The recipe is 4 serves and you can use the whole legs or the drumsticks – whatever you prefer. Having the whole recipe in the photos doesn’t always look the best and for this recipe, having just the two legs looked the best. I hope that helps.
Gerri
Looks great, I will rub this over 2 chicken breasts on Monday night and serve with cauliflower rice…Thanks……..x
Making this this weekend using 4 thighs instead of two leg/thigh quarters.