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Air-Fryer Chicken Tikka

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Air fryer chickn tikka on a platter with vegetables and naan
Photograph by Scott Semler, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, Prop Styling by Maggie DiMarco

With its capacity for channeling intense dry heat into a small cooking environment using a built-in fan, an air fryer functions almost like an indoor grill, good for quickly getting color and char on whatever is added to the basket. In this recipe, chicken thighs gussied up with curry powder, lots of fresh aromatics, and a dollop of yogurt taste uncannily similar to chicken tikka from a tandoor, the clay oven traditionally used to cook kebabs.

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