Skillet Chicken Legs Indian Style

Skillet Chicken Legs Indian Style is a delicious recipe made with chicken legs in a skillet.  I followed the easy chicken dry recipe and made this delicious skillet chicken recipe Indian style. This cast iron skillet chicken recipe is a very easy one. I have used Indian spice powders in this recipe. This is a mildly spiced dish. Chicken lovers will surely love this recipe.

Marination is an important step in cooking any type of meat. I have marinated chicken in this skillet chicken recipe with yogurt/curds, turmeric powder or curry powder, ginger-garlic paste and salt. Keep the marinated chicken in refrigerator for 2 hours.

To cook the skillet chicken legs in Indian style, make a paste from 1 bunch of coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chili by adding in a mixer. Then onions, tomatoes, capsicum are sautéed on the skillet. Add spices and sauces and mixed well. Finally, add marinated chicken legs to the skillet along with any extra marinade that remains. Cook this on low flame by covering the skillet and stirring occasionally. This is different from chicken cafreal recipe.

Skillet chicken legs Indian style is made with chicken legs and spices in a cast iron skillet.

Serve this mildly spiced skillet chicken legs made in Indian style with rotis, naan or kulchas. You can even serve it with tofu fried rice or prawns biryani. The chicken legs made in skillet can also be served as starters for any occasions like parties or get-togethers.

You can also cook the skillet chicken recipe in one pan like wok or kadai. The instructions to cook the recipe remains the same.

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Let us see the recipe of chicken in skillet:

• Marinate the chicken by applying the ingredients mentioned in marination step. Keep aside for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Make paste from 1 bunch of coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chili by adding in a mixer.
• Heat a skillet and add oil. When oil gets heated, add onion and sauté till onion turns pinkish.
• Add tomatoes and sauté till tomatoes turn mushy.
• Add capsicum and sauté till capsicum is cooked.
• Add the spice powders and mix well.
• Now add the sauces (soya and chili sauce) and mix.
• Add the marinated chicken legs and cook covered on low flame till chicken is cooked.
• Add salt to taste and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

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Skillet Chicken Legs Indian Style

Prep Time2 hours hrs

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins

Servings: 2 People

By: Raksha Kamat

Ingredients

• 4 Chicken legs
• 2 medium sized onions finely chopped
• 2 medium sized tomatoes finely chopped
• 1/2 capsicum cubed
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce
• 1 teaspoon soya sauce
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 bunch Coriander Leaves
• 3 green chillies slit
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 10 Garlic Pods
• 3 tablespoon oil

For Marination:

• 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 cup yogurt/ thick curd
• 2 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

• Marinate the chicken by applying the ingredients mentioned in marination step. Keep aside for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Make paste from 1 bunch of coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chili by adding in a mixer.
• Heat a skillet and add oil. When oil gets heated, add onion and sauté till onion turns pinkish.
• Add tomatoes and sauté till tomatoes turn mushy.
• Add capsicum and sauté till capsicum is cooked.
• Add the spice powders and mix well.
• Now add the sauces (soya and chili sauce) and mix.
• Add the marinated chicken legs and cook covered on low flame till chicken is cooked.
• Add salt to taste and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Notes

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