These Air-Fried Chicken Tandoori Wings are marinated in yogurt and spices then air-fried to crisp perfection. Makes a great game day or party food.
What is Tandoori?
A Tandoor is a clay oven used as a cooking method in Indian cuisine. Foods cooked in a Tandoor oven is known as Tandoori. The meats are marinated in spices and yogurt then grilled over charcoal in the Tandoor oven.
Since we don’t have a Tandoor oven, we are using the air-fried method. These can also be grilled or baked and is done when a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
Notes:
In this Air-Fried Tandoori chicken recipe, I used chicken wing sections, the drumette and wingette. You can use any meats you’d like with this marinade just be sure to count the calories and smartpoints.
The turmeric, cayenne and paprika does give some color to this dish. However, to obtain a red or more yellow color you can use a couple drops of yellow and red food coloring in the marinade. If you prefer not to use food coloring it is completely fine, it does not affect the flavor of this chicken.
To get the most flavor I recommend marinating over night. The prep is quick and once done marinating it only takes 9-10 minutes in the air-fryer. I like to spray non-stick spray before placing in the air-fryer to help with sticking. Serve with 0 smart-points yogurt dip or your own favorite wing sauce.
More Air-Fryer recipes
- Loaded Air-Fryer Chicken
- Air-Fryer Eggplant Nuggets
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- Air-Fryer Chicken Fries
Ingredients
Chicken
- 10-12 chicken wing sections (approximately 20 oz.) – washed and excess fat trimmed
- 1 5.3 oz. container Chobani non-fat yogurt, plain
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- Non stick spray
Yogurt Dip
- 1 5.3 oz. container Chobani non fat yogurt, plain.
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp. finely chopped cilantro
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
How to make Yogurt Dip
Air-Fried Tandoori Chicken Wings
Delicious Tandoori Chicken Wings that is full of flavor. Makes a great game day snack.
Ingredients
- 10-12 chicken wing sections (approximately 20 oz.) - washed and excess fat trimmed
- 1 5.3 oz. container Chobani non-fat yogurt, plain
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp paprika powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions
- Step 1 Trim excess fat and wash chicken. Drain excess water and pat dry. Set aside
- Step 2 In a small bowl add drained yogurt and all chicken ingredients. Mix well.
- Step 3 Add marinade to chicken and mix well.
- Step 4 Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or at least 3 hours.
- Step 5 When ready to cook, pre heat air-fryer on 375 degrees for 2 minutes
- Step 6 Remove most of the marinade from chicken and place in air-fryer,
- Step 7 Air-fry for 9-10 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees F. Repeat in batches with remaining wings.
- Step 8 To make Yogurt Dip: Mix yogurt, honey, salt, pepper, lemon juice and cilantro in a small bowl. Serve with wings.
Chicken
Yield: 5 servings (2 pieces per serving weighing 2 oz. each)
Nutrition Info per serving (using myfitnesspal recipe builder)
Calories: 289, total fat: 13g, total carbs: 12 g, protein: 22 g
myWW smartpoints per serving (using WW recipe builder)
Green, blue and purple: 6 smart-points
Yogurt Dip
Nutrition Info per 1 tbsp.
Calories: 15, total fat: 0g, total carbs: 2 g, protein: 2g
myWW smartpoints
Green: 0 smart-points for up to 2 tbsp
Blue and purple: 0 smart-points for up to 3 tbsp.
