Turkish Chicken Shish Kabab Recipe

Turkish Chicken Shish Recipe

      Marinated & Grilled  Chicken Recipe (Tavuk Şiş)

         We are very happy to share our another mouthwatering food recipe on the blog. In this post, we are mention about the "Turkish Chicken Shish Kabab". Like other Kababs of Anatolian Cuisine; such as "Turkish Shish Kabab -lamb shish", "Adana Kabab", "Turkish Chicken Shish Kabab (Tavuk Şiş)" is a classic Anatolian (Turkish) kabab that is also found all over the Middle East very much. It is very popular, especially at weekend parties, picnics and diners.

        What is Turkish Chicken Shish Kabab? 

         According to historians; Chicken shish dish comes from Syria and the Persian Empire. But some of the historians didn't agree with this idea, according to them; Chicken shish dish comes from Anatolian Cuisine. We, as Turkish people love Chicken shish dish very much like other Kababs of Anatolian Cuisine.

Marinated & Grilled  Chicken 

        How to make Turkish Chicken Shish Kabab?

         Chicken shish is one of the simplest kababs in terms of ingredients. But, you should pay attention to chicken meat; both boneless chicken thighs and boneless chicken breast are very perfect for the Chicken shish dish, also the chicken meat has to be tender and juicy.  Also you like our; Turkish-shish-kabab-recipe , Oven-baked-lamb-chops-Recipe , Steak&potatoes-one-pot-recipe , Beef-or-Mutton-Kavurma ,

         Ingredients:

         - 300-400 gr boneless Chicken breast, (or boneless chicken thighs ), and cut into medium size cubes,

         - 2 or 3 Eggplant, cut into medium size cubes,

         For Marinade;

         - 2 Tablespoons Olive oil,

         - 1/2 Cup Yogurt, you like our Homemade-yogurt-recipe

         - 1 Tablespoon Tomato paste,

         - 1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cumin, 

         - 2 Cloves Garlic, thinly sliced or grated,

         - 1 Teaspoon Red pepper flakes,

         - 1 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper,   

         - 1 Teaspoon Dried Thyme,

           P.S: The yogurt makes a thick marinade that sticking to the chicken and creates a beautiful flavorful crust as it cooks.

Chicken Shish-Marinade Process

         Preparatipn:

       First of all, begin by combining the marinade ingredients (Olive oil, yogurt, tomato paste, garlic, ground black pepper, red pepper flakes, ground cumin and dried thyme) in a large and deep bowl. Mix them very well and then put the chicken meat cubes (not eggplant cubes, we use it only cooking process) into mixing bowl. Mix it in well. Then, marinade the chicken meat cubes overnight in the fridge in a large and deep bowl with a lid. Then, take your chicken meat cubes and marinade mixture out of the refrigerator and let them get up to room temperature. Then, dip chopped chicken meat cubes and eggpkant cubes on the wood skewers (one by one: like chicken meat cube then eggplant cube). Then, Place the chicken shish kebabs on a baking sheet lined with foil. Preheat the barbecue or oven (grill) to medium high heat. Grill the chicken shish kababs for about 8-10 minutes or grill the kebabs until golden brown. Dont forget to turn the skewers occasionally, so that all sides of kababs are cooked equally. Then, put cooked skewers onto a serving dish. Serve hot. (It is optional: you may serve your cooked skewers over rice (Turkish pilaf) or cracked wheat pilaf (Turkish Bulgur pilaf).  Our Turkish-pickles-turşu or  Traditional-turkish-ayran  or  Turkish-shepherd-salad  goes well with the chicken shish kabab.

Chicken shish cooking process

Please let us know how this "Turkish Shish Kabab" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.

           ENJOY

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