• In a food processor or blender, add the garlic, ginger, jalapeño, and cilantro leaves.
• Blend until minced. Add the remaining aminos, vinegar, oil, pepper, and garam masala.
• Blend until all ingredients are mixed and fairly smooth.
• Pour the marinade into a glass baking dish or bowl. If you are pan frying the chicken, remove 1/4 cup of marinade and set aside (or make double the marinade and set aside half!)
• Next add in the chicken pieces and make sure the marinade coats all the chicken pieces. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 4.

To Grill:

• Thread the chicken pieces onto skewers (alternating with onions and peppers if you like), give them a little itty bit of space between pieces.
• Grill them covered for about 10 minutes or until cooked through (covered is lower heat), turning at least once.
• At the end, uncover the grill and char (not burn) them for a couple of minutes for extra flavor. This charring at the end gives this recipe more of an authentic Tandoori style flavor. (NOTE: grilled chicken can dry out really fast! My go-to griller Tim says he makes this mistake 50% of the time. Use your timer and you'll be glad you did. Too dry this time? Note why for next time!)

For Stovetop cooking:

• Heat enough oil to coat the bottom of a large sauté pan.
• Using a slotted spoon transfer chicken pieces to hot pan and cook on all sides, tossing every 2-3 minutes.
• When chicken is cooked through, pour your reserved 1/4 cup of marinade, or half of a recipe if you doubled it for this purpose, into the pan and toss around the chicken pieces, scraping up browned bits from the bottom of the pan as you go. Let the sauce simmer and thicken, moving chicken around to continue cooking and reduce the sauce. This process will go quickly, so watch it in case you need to turn it down and keep the parts moving to keep sauce from burning.
• Remove chicken and sauce from heat before it starts to stick or burn to the pan.