How to Make Original Turkish style Chicken Kebab? With its special sauce and all the details are in the rest of the article.
You can easily make chicken kebab, one of the most popular kebabs in Turkish cuisine, in the comfort of your home. The wonderful marinade sauce I will share will make even chicken breasts tender. We usually use this marinade when we are going to cook chicken on the barbecue. But of course, you can also use this sauce when making chicken skewers in the oven. Even without the smokey taste that coal fire gives, you will have a delicious oven dish that tastes like kebab.
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Chicken Kebab Tips
Here are some tips to discover the hidden secrets of Turkish cuisine:
Choosing the Right Spices: You should pay attention to the harmony, quantity, freshness and quality of the spices. Using plenty of spices does not necessarily make the dish more delicious. However using the right amounts works wonders.
Importance of Marination: Chicken meat waits in the spices and oil during the marination process. In this way, the aromas penetrate the meat thoroughly. Marination is the most critical step that ensures the kebab is soft and delicious.
Art of Cooking: Turkish style chicken kebab is cooked on a barbecue. The chicken meat, which is slowly cooked over coal fire, should remain juicy on the inside and brown nicely on the outside. If you try to cook the meat on high heat, the outside will burn and the inside will remain raw. Since consuming undercooked chicken is dangerous for your health, you should be very careful about this stage.
How to Marinate Chicken?
For chicken kebab marination; after cutting the chicken into cubes. Add the marinade ingredients; oil, tomato paste and spices, and mix them well. At this stage, you should massage the meat well. Then, cover and marinate it in the refrigerator for at least 30 min-1 hour, if possible 3-4 hours. Before cooking, make sure the meat has come back to room temperature.
How to Make Chicken Kebab?
Now let’s get to our recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 kg boneless chicken thigh or breast meat (cut into 1-inch cubes)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
Turkish Style Chicken Kebab Recipe:
1.Step: For the chicken kebab, cut the meat into cubes. Place in a deep bowl.
2.Step: Add olive oil, tomato paste, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme and salt. Mix well.
3.Step: Let the chicken rest in this mixture in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, preferably 3-4 hours.
4.Step: Wait for the marinated chicken to come to room temperature before cooking.
5.Step: Meanwhile, put the chicken on skewers. Once the initial heat of the coals has passed, you can start cooking.
6.Step: If you are cooking on a barbecue, turn the skewers occasionally to make sure they are browned evenly on all sides. If you are cooking in the oven, turn the skewers when the top is browned.
7.Step: Chicken kebab is ready. You can serve it with roasted peppers, tomatoes or greens.
Bon appetit!
Chicken Kebab
Ingredients
- 1 kg boneless chicken thigh or breast meat (cut into 1-inch cubes)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp thyme
Instructions
- For the chicken kebab, cut the meat into cubes. Place in a deep bowl.
- Add olive oil, tomato paste, chili pepper, black pepper, thyme and salt. Mix well.
- Let the chicken rest in this mixture in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, preferably 3-4 hours.
- Wait for the marinated chicken to come to room temperature before cooking.
- Meanwhile, put the chicken on skewers. Once the initial heat of the coals has passed, you can start cooking.
- If you are cooking on a barbecue, turn the skewers occasionally to make sure they are browned evenly on all sides. If you are cooking in the oven, turn the skewers when the top is browned.
- Chicken kebab is ready. You can serve it with roasted peppers, tomatoes or greens.