Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers)
Lebanon's grill-house chicken skewers — chicken marinated in yoghurt, lemon, garlic and tomato paste until tender, grilled over high heat and served with toum, pickles and warm flatbread.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 800 g chicken breasts or boneless thighs, cut into 3 cm cubes
- 150 g plain yoghurt
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 150 g toum (Lebanese garlic sauce), to serve
- 150 g pickled cucumbers or turnips, to serve
- 4 Lebanese flatbreads or pita
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2249 kcal · P 268.2g · C 105.5g · F 79.9g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Whisk the yoghurt, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, tomato paste, paprika, oregano, salt and pepper into a smooth marinade.
- 2Add the chicken, turn to coat every piece and marinate in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight; the yoghurt and lemon are what make it tender.
- 3Take the chicken out of the fridge 20 minutes before cooking and thread it onto metal skewers, leaving a little space between the pieces so the heat reaches every side.
- 4Heat a charcoal grill or ridged grill pan to high.
- 5Grill the skewers for 10–12 minutes, turning every 2–3 minutes, until charred in spots and cooked through, 74°C in the thickest piece.
- 6Rest for 3 minutes while you warm the flatbreads on the grill for 20–30 seconds a side.
- 7Serve the chicken with the warm bread, the toum for spreading and the pickles on the side.
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Questions and answers
How long does Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers) take to make?
About 32 minutes: 20 min prep and 12 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers)?
13 ingredients: chicken breasts or boneless thighs, plain yoghurt, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic cloves, tomato paste, sweet paprika, dried oregano, salt, black pepper, toum, pickled cucumbers or turnips and 1 more.
How many servings does this Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers) recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers)?
About 562 kcal, with 67 g protein, 26.4 g carbohydrate and 20 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers)?
Shish Tawook (Lebanese Chicken Skewers) comes from Lebanese cuisine.
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