🍢 Chicken shish
Chicken shish (tavuk şiş) is cubes of chicken marinated in yogurt, garlic and spices, threaded onto skewers with bell pepper and onion and grilled over high heat. The yogurt keeps the meat tender, while the edges char and turn smoky. It is served with grilled vegetables, salad and flatbread or rice across Turkey and the Middle East.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken breast or thigh, in 3 cm cubes
- 150 g plain yogurt
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp tomato paste, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp cumin
- Juice of 1 lemon, 1 tbsp olive oil, salt
- 1 green and 1 red bell pepper, in squares
- 1 onion, in chunks
Method
- Mix yogurt, garlic, tomato paste, spices, lemon, oil and salt; coat the chicken and refrigerate for 2–4 hours.
- Thread chicken, pepper and onion alternately onto skewers.
- Grill over high heat or under a hot grill for 10–12 minutes, turning, until charred and cooked through.
- Rest for 2 minutes and serve with salad.
How to make it lighter
- Use chicken breast for the leanest skewers.
- Serve with a big salad and grilled vegetables instead of buttery rice.
- Fill the skewers with more pepper and onion and less chicken per portion.
History
Grilling meat on skewers is an ancient practice across Anatolia, Persia and the Levant. Tavuk şiş, the chicken version, is a standard item at kebab houses in Turkey and is equally common as shish tawook in Arab countries.
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →