Shish Tawook Chicken Recipe

 Shish Tawook Chicken Recipe

Try our Chicken Shish Tawook Recipe, an Easy Way to Make Delicious Middle Eastern Chicken Kabobs.


Cook Time18minutes 
Total Time4hours  48minutes 
CourseBBQ, Sandwich
Servings4

Ingredients

Chicken and Marinade


    • 2 lbs boneless chicken breast cut into cubes/Kabab chunks
    • 1 cup lemon juice
    • slice lemon optional
    • 15 cloves garlic crushed
    • 6 tablespoons plain yogurt
    • 6 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons red vinegar or apple cider vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon white pepper ground
    • 1/3 teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme or ground oregano
    • 1/3 teaspoon paprika
    • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
    • 1 teaspoon tomato paste

    Shish Tawook Kabob Wrap


    • 4 teaspoons Garlic Paste Lebanese style
    • 4 loafs pita bread
    • 4 tomatoes grilled
    • 2 cups French fries
    • 8 salted pickles Lebanese style cucumber pickles


    Lebanese Shish Tawook Recipe

    Back to Lebanon, Shish Tawook can be found in most fast food restaurants. It is usually ordered as a sandwich of grilled chicken rolled in a “pita” bread with some Lebanese Garlic Sauce  and some salty pickles, fries and I’ve even had it once with lettuce/mayo. It can also be served in a plate with a side of rice and grilled veggies.  In its most basic form, Shish Tawook is just grilled chicken breast, but the secret is in the marination. I’ve had Shish Tawook at home and in restaurants pretty much all my life, and despite the common flavors of garlic and lemon being shared in the Lebanese-style Shish Tawook, spices and flavorings may vary quite a lot.


    While putting this recipe together, we experimented with a few different chicken marination and spices and settled on one that our guests and us loved the most. This recipe was inspired mainly from our family friend Mohammed who used to be a chef in a Lebanese restaurant in Michigan. In addition, we share a small secret later in the post that we learned from Laba, another family friend who owned and operated restaurants in Lebanon.

    Shish Tawook Marinade


    The Chicken Shish Tawook marinade has a whole bunch of spices, along with garlic, yogurt and lemon juice.  You could possibly buy the ready-made spice mix online, but we always love to make the spice mix from scratch for freshness and to also tweak it to our liking.


    Grilling the Shish Tawook (Chicken Shish Kabob)                 

    If you use flat stainless steel skewers the meat will cook faster on the inside and you won’t have to grill them for as long, yielding a juicier outcome. The recommendation here is to grill on medium heat between 12-18 minutes max.

    A Little Secret For Moist Chicken

    Right when you take the chicken off the grill, place the skewers (if they fit) or chicken chunks in an empty warm pot, close the lid tightly and keep them locked for about 8-10 minutes.  The trapped vapors and moisture inside the pot will make the chicken very moist. We first discovered this trick several years ago at “Gharakia Nehmeh Restaurant” in Hasroun, Lebanon, and which is operated by our family friend Laba Nehmeh and mom has since used this trick with all grilled chicken.






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