Chicken Vindaloo Recipe (Restaurant Style)

Name: Chicken Vindaloo Recipe (Restaurant Style)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoon cumin ((or 1 teaspoon ground cumin)); 2 inches Ceylon cinnamon ((or ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon)); 6 cloves ((⅓ teaspoon ground cloves)); 10 black pepper corn ((or ½ to ¾ crushed black pepper)); ½ teaspoon mustard seeds ((or ¼ teaspoon ground mustard)); 1½ tablespoons coriander seeds ((or 1 tablespoon ground coriander)); 2 green cardamoms ((optional, ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom)); 20 dried Kashmiri red chilies (soaked in vinegar + ¼ cup hot water for 10 mins (or use 1¼ tbsp Indian chili powder)); ¼ to ⅓ cup (60 to 80 ml) vinegar ((malt/goan/red wine/ apple cider)); 10 (25 grams) garlic cloves ((or 2 tablespoons fine grated)); 1½ inch (25 grams) ginger ((or 2 tablespoons fine grated)); 2 lbs. (¾ to 1 kg) skinless bone-in chicken ((or 1½ lbs. boneless chicken)); ½ teaspoon turmeric; ¾ to 1 teaspoon sea salt; 3 tablespoons oil ((I use coconut oil)); 2 cups (250 grams) onions ((2 medium, fine chopped or processed)); 2 small tomatoes ((optional) (pureed) ); 1 teaspoon sugar ((optional)); ¼ to ½ cup hot water ((adjust as required))

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:40min

Make delicious restaurant style Goan Chicken Vindaloo. It is spicy, hot and super flavorful. Serve this with butter naan, any flatbreads, Basmati rice, flavored rice or rotis.

Updated at: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:43:02 GMT