Our ultimate roundup of the 20 BEST INDIAN CHICKEN RECIPES that are popular not only in India but across the world. These time-tested recipes are a huge hit with my family & readers. These Chicken dishes are full of flavor, nutritious and easy to make at home. Many of these are great for meal prepping and keep well for many days to few weeks.
I’ve divided this collection into Top restaurant favorites, classic curries, chicken on skewers, Indo-Chinese dishes and biryani recipes.
For a home-style meal, we usually choose the basic Chicken Curry (or the likes from classic curries below) and pair with Basmati rice or Jeera rice and Plain Parathas. A simple raita and a vegetable side makes this a complete nutritious meal.
When the cravings kick-in for a tandoori meal, I make Tandoori Chicken, or Tikka kebabs with turmeric Rice, mint chutney or raita and kachumber salad.
For the biryani lovers, I have 2 special Chicken biryani recipes. They are best eaten with raita, papads, kachumber and some Shami kebabs on the side. Usually biryani is served with a salan or biryani shorba.
Best Indian Chicken Recipes
Top Restaurant Favorites
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Tandoori Chicken (Restaurant Style)
If you are craving the BEST Indian tandoori chicken that just came out from a sizzling hot Tandoor, look no further because I show you how to replicate it in your home kitchen. You may use chicken legs, drumsticks, thighs or even breasts.
You don't need lots of butter to make a great tasting butter chicken. But you need a perfect marinade, grilling technique and a proper tomato base to make an authentic Chicken Makhani. This is best served with Indian Naan or Tandoori Roti.
Once you try this you will agree – making a good chicken tikka masala at home is easier than finding a good Indian restaurant serving it. Marinated and grilled chicken bites are simmered in a flavorful tikka masala gravy. Can oven bake, grill, air fry or pan fry the tikkas.
Caramelized onions, nuts, yogurt and aromatic spices form the base of this authentic creamy Chicken Korma. You don't need to hunt down hard for the ingredients and the dish gets ready under 50 mins.
A British-Indian restaurant dish made easy. It's spicy, hot, tangy and tastes super delicious with robust South Indian flavors. If you are a curry lover, this is a must try
This is a classic dish that's made time and again in the Indian households and restaurants. Made with basic pantry staples and the recipe is kept simple to let the flavor of chicken and spices shine through. No cream, No butter and nothing fancy. Great for beginners.
This Goan vindaloo is made by cooking chicken in a spicy garlicky and vinegary paste. This recipe makes a medium hot dish. If you like yours to be very hot, go in with a little hot bhoot jolokiya powder/ ghost pepper.
This palak chicken is amazing! Simple to make, minimally spiced yet it's very delicious. Kids' and senior friendly dish, goes well with rice, quinoa or flatbreads.
Bone-in chicken is cooked with pickling spices, stuffed chili peppers and finished with a small amount of pickle. It's delicious, tangy and not really hot.
Diced chicken is marinated with spices, skewered and oven baked. Instructions included to air fry or cook on a grill pan. These are best eaten hot with garlic yogurt dip (recipe included in the post). Also goes well with Turmeric rice and cucumber raita.
If you are fond of the tikka kebabs served in Indian restaurants, you will love these. Tender and full of flavor. They are great with mint chutney or shred and use it in your salads.
These are tender, juicy and just the way they need to be. Seekh kabab is made with ground chicken, spices and herbs. The mixture is put on skewers before baking/ pan frying or air frying. If putting the meat on stick is a problem, shape them to koftas like shown in the post.
This chilli chicken is super popular in the Indian-Chinese restaurants across the globe. Crispy chicken is tossed in a tangy & umami chili sauce. Instructions included to air fry or oven bake. Spice levels can be adjusted to preference!
Chicken tossed in a spicy tongue-tickling schezwan sauce that uses sichuan pepper. You can use store bought sauce or make it from my recipe in the post.
This is my easy & favorite recipe for a quick biryani meal. No mutliple pots, no hours of cooking and no loads of oil, yet this one stands out and makes a comforting dish.
In this post, I show how to make world popular Hyderabadi dum biryani with chicken. Also known as layered biryani, chicken is marinated and layed at the bottom on a heavy pot and layered with rice, fried onions, herbs and spices. Cooked to perfection on a low heat – dum.
I’m Swasthi Shreekanth, the recipe developer, food photographer & food writer behind Swasthi’s Recipes. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills. More about me
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