Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, middle eastern chicken kebabs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
What You'll Need to Make Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs. I've specified boneless skinless chicken thighs for this recipe. They're more flavorful than chicken breasts, and easier to cook without drying out. These Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs were well worth the wait.
Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Middle Eastern Chicken Kebabs is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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:
- Take yogurt
- Take olive oil
- Take paprika
- Make ready cumin
- Get cinnamon
- Get crushed red pepper flakes
- Prepare Zest from one lemon
- Prepare freshly squeezed lemon juice, from one lemon
- Get salt
- Prepare freshly ground black pepper
- Make ready garlic cloves, minced
- Prepare boneless skinless chicken thighs (or 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts), trimmed of any excess fat and cut into large bite-sized pieces
- Take Oil, for greasing the grill
They are perfect crowd pleasers for BBQs and summer parties. These easy chicken skewers with their middle eastern flavors are full of garlic and lime, they taste different to your usual chicken kebabs. Having lived in certain middle eastern countries, driving miles to have the best-grilled fish with aromatic rice, binging on shawarmas. The richly-spiced Middle Eastern flavors in these kebabs aren't the burn-your-mouth kind of heat and are a delicious change from the usual.
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.
Having lived in certain middle eastern countries, driving miles to have the best-grilled fish with aromatic rice, binging on shawarmas. The richly-spiced Middle Eastern flavors in these kebabs aren't the burn-your-mouth kind of heat and are a delicious change from the usual. 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.
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