What do we like to do the most during the weekend? Just sit back, relax and indulge in all our cravings! We try to eat healthy throughout the week so that we can get let go of our control and satisfy our desires guilt-free. The weekend indulgence has to be something crispy, greasy and masaledaar, right? Fish fingers, chicken nuggets, potato bites – these snacks are often the go-to choice for weekend snacks to munch while watching a movie or chilling with friends. The crispy and crunchy texture is what makes them so enticing! Today, we have found another crispy snack recipe that you’ll definitely want to add to your recipe book, it is called tandoori popcorn chicken.

We are all familiar with popcorn chicken. This crispy snack comes with the delicious crunch of the popcorn that we all love and brings it to juicy strips of chicken. With this recipe, you will get a tasty snack that is a combination of popcorn chicken and tandoori chicken. The flavourful spices of tandoori masala are used to marinate the chicken and then made into popcorn.

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Tandoori Popcorn Chicken Recipe: How To Make Tandoori Popcorn Chicken

Chop the chicken into nugget-sized pieces. Bathe them in red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste and vinegar. Massage the chicken till the spices mix well. Meanwhile, prepare a marinade with mustard oil, Kashmiri red chilli powder, yoghurt, besan, coriander powder, black salt, amchur powder, jeera powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, kasuri methi and ginger-garlic paste. Dunk the seasoned chicken in the marinade and keep it for 1 hour. Next, coat each piece of marinated chicken in maida, dip them in egg and coat it with breadcrumbs. Deep fry the chicken pieces till they are golden crisp.

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Sounds delicious, right?! Make this chicken popcorn at home and surprise your family with your culinary skills. Do tell us in the comments section how you liked it!