The BEST Mediterranean Chicken Kabobs Recipe

Name: The BEST Mediterranean Chicken Kabobs Recipe
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 3 chicken fillets; 2 red bell peppers; 2 green bell peppers; 1 red onion; 2/3 cups extra virgin olive oil; 1 lemon's juice; 6 cloves garlic; 2 teaspoons paprika; 2 teaspoons thyme; 4 teaspoons oregano; 4 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons ground black pepper

Anaïs Allahoum April 24, 2021 0 Comments

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If you’re looking for a quick-and-easy dinner recipe that’s healthy, but also really filling and satisfying, these Mediterranean chicken kabobs are definitely the way to go. They’re easy enough to prepare in under 30 minutes, but will taste just as good as anything you’ll get at your favorite restaurant. It’s great to be able to serve a lot of people at the same time with this recipe – just put them over a bed of rice or couscous, and let every guest place a skewer on their plate.
We love serving these kabobs with some simple Greek salad and tzatziki sauce on the side, but I’m sure they’d go well with some cooling cucumber yogurt dip as well. You can make a wide range of kebabs, including chicken, lamb, beef, pork, and veal. Cooking food on a stick, no matter what kind of kebab you make, is a fun and quick way to prepare a tasty meal.
As usual, our recipe is super simple and easy to follow, and I strongly recommend trying it out. It’s one of my favorite Mediterranean recipes – it’s one of the few that actually uses fresh ingredients instead of just herbs and spices to give its flavor.

Temper!

In order to better control and standardize the cooking of your poultry, consider letting it cool for about 20 minutes before grilling it. This will help to mitigate the thermal shock. Indeed, a cold meat placed on a very hot grid risks charring on the outside without cooking inside. In addition, the surface of your chicken will only get crispy if your barbecue is hot enough. The ideal barbecue temperature should be 300 ° C (572 ° F).

The right cooking time

The cooking thermometer is the perfect tool to prevent overcooking chicken and to ensure it is bacteria-free. We recommend inserting it in the thickest part of the flesh, without touching the bone. The table opposite will help you determine the recommended cooking time and temperature for the cut of chicken

Marinate for maximum flavor!

Want to inject a good dose of flavor into your chicken? Prepare a flavored marinade with wine, beer or juice, then let the chicken marinate in the fridge for at least two hours in this marinade. Sage, basil, chervil, tarragon, cilantro, oregano and thyme are among the herbs to favor for this favorite meat. As for spices, star anise, curry, nutmeg, paprika and ginger go perfectly with chicken.

A tender, chewy flesh

To preserve the tenderness of the flesh, simply slip a few knobs of plain or flavored butter (herbs, garlic, etc.) under the skin of the chicken before roasting it on the grill. Another option: immerse your cuts in buttermilk (buttermilk). The acidity of the latter, combined with the enzymes and calcium it contains, will keep the flesh tender and moist during cooking. If you don’t have buttermilk on hand, soak your chicken in yogurt, like the cooks of northern India do for their famous tandoori chicken!

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