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Baharat chicken shish
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Chicken shish kebab

Spiced yoghurt marinade, lemon & roasted garlic

Baharat chicken shish
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55 mins plus marinating
Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

Inspired by the Turkish shish, this is a very simple, delicious kebab that anyone can make, using a blend of fragrant spices. I love the contrast between the crispy outside and the juicy tender inside.


nutrition per serving

Calories

g

Fat

g

Saturates

g

Sugars

g

Salt

g

Protein

g

Carbs

g

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie's £1 Wonders & Money-Saving Meals

Jamie's £1 Wonders & Money-Saving Meals

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

6 free-range skinless, boneless chicken thighs

2 tablespoons natural yoghurt, plus extra to serve

2 teaspoons baharat spice mix, plus extra to serve

olive oil

1 bulb of garlic

2 red onions

2 lemons

1 x 400g tin of chickpeas

Method

  1. Place the chicken thighs in a bowl with the yoghurt, spice mix, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
  2. Halve the garlic bulb across the middle, then remove one clove and finely grate half of it into the bowl. Peel and quarter the onions, and finely grate in a couple of the outer petals. Finely grate in the zest of 1 lemon and squeeze in the juice. Toss together well, then either use right away, cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for 2 hours, or ideally overnight.
  3. To cook, preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Slice 8 thin rounds from the remaining lemon, then double skewer the lemon slices and chicken thighs evenly across 2 metal skewers. Rest them over a high-sided roasting tray that’s slightly smaller than the skewers (so that the meat is suspended above the tray). Put the garlic bulb halves and red onion quarters in the tray, then roast for 45 minutes, or until gnarly and cooked through, turning halfway, and adding the drained chickpeas at the same time.
  4. Once the chicken is done, transfer the shish to a board to rest. Squeeze the sweet roasted garlic out of its skin and back into the tray, then toss with the chickpeas and onions and portion up.
  5. Cut between the skewers all the way down, so you get that lovely contrast of gnarly outside and juicy inside, then serve with a dollop of yoghurt and an extra sprinkle of baharat spice. Great with tomato couscous and cucumber salsa (see below).

Adapted from 5 Ingredients Mediterranean by Jamie Oliver, which is published by Penguin Michael Joseph © Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited (2023 5 Ingredients Mediterranean).


Tip 1 x 400g tin of plum tomatoes into a blender, then fill the tin with water, gently swirl around, and pour that into the blender too. Add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, tear in the stalks from 1 bunch of mint (30g) (reserving the leaves), and blitz until smooth. Put 300g of couscous into a bowl, pour over the tomato dressing and gently stir together, then finely slice and add the mint leaves. Leave for 30 minutes. Fluff up with a fork, and I like to toss the couscous around the empty roasting tray to pick up all those lovely sticky bits and bonus flavour, before serving.

Very finely slice 1 cucumber and 1 fresh red chilli, then very finely chop a bit of red onion (reserve a few petals from the onions before you roast with the shish). Dress in a few drips of extra virgin olive oil and any remaining lemon juice, then season to perfection.

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