Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, middle eastern chicken kebabs. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
The Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs are absolutely wonderful - the addition of the yogurt & lemon add just enough tang to the recipe. The onion, garlic and spices complete the taste mixture for this dish. I did not deviate from the original recipe.
Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have middle eastern chicken kebabs using 13 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs:
- Prepare 1 cup yogurt
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Make ready 2 teaspoons paprika
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- Make ready 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- Make ready 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Make ready Zest from one lemon
- Make ready 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, from one lemon
- Take 1-3/4 teaspoons salt
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Take 5 garlic cloves, minced
- Make ready 2-1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs (or 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts), trimmed of any excess fat and cut into large bite-sized pieces
- Get As needed Oil, for greasing the grill
This Middle eastern chicken kabobs are yogurt marinated chicken kebabs, tender and so tasty. These Middle Eastern chicken kebabs, or chicken skewers, are marinated in Greek yogurt and aromatic spices before cooking on a grill. They are perfect crowd pleasers for BBQs and summer parties. Serve over some turmeric rice or with tahini and hummus in pita bread.
Steps to make Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs:
- In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, olive oil, paprika, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, pepper and garlic. Thread the chicken onto metal skewers, folding if the pieces are long and thin. Be sure not to cram the skewers. Place the kebabs on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Spoon or brush the marinade all over the meat, coating well. Cover and refrigerate at least eight hours or overnight. Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
- Grill the chicken kebabs until golden brown and cooked through, turning skewers occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer the skewers to a platter and serve.
Place kebabs on a baking sheet lined with foil. Spoon or brush the marinade all over the meat, coating well. Shish Taouk is a traditional Middle Eastern chicken shish kebab. The yogurt marinade includes garlic, paprika, fresh herbs, ginger and lemon juice. The common theme with Shish taouk is that it is made of chicken and the marinade includes lemon and yogurt.
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