kebabs 🍡🍷
Kebab (also American kabob) are variousMiddle Eastern dishes originally based on grilled meat, and now with many variants. Two of the best-known kebab dishes areshish kebab and doner kebab.
In contemporary American and British English, a kebab is a common dish, consisting of a skewer with small pieces of meat or seafood, together with vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Also known as shish kebab or sometimesshashlik, kebabs are customarily prepared in homes and restaurants, and are usually cooked on a grill or barbeque. The word kebab may also be used as a general term in English to describe any similar-looking skewered food, such as brochette, souvlaki, yakitori, or numerous small chunks of any type of food served on a stick. This is different from its use in the Levant, where shish (Persian/Mazandarani -Turkish) is the word for skewer, whilekebab comes from the Persian word forgrilling.
Our recipe for today is : grilled chicken kebabs
INGREDIENTS:
1 black cardamom pod (may substitute green cardamom pod)
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon cumin seed
1 small red or yellow onion (2 or 3 ounces)
Leaves from 6 to 8 stems cilantro
1-inch piece fresh ginger root
1 medium clove garlic
1 small green chili pepper
1 3/4 to 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken (preferably a mixture of light and dark meat)
Generous pinch kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 large egg
1/4 cup plain dried bread crumbs (may substitute 1/3 cup packed fresh bread crumbs)
The directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Use nonstick cooking olive oil spray to grease a rimmed baking sheet.
Crush the cardamom pod to release its seeds; transfer them to the baking sheet, along with the cinnamon, cloves and cumin seed. Toast in the oven for 2 minutes, until fragrant. Let cool. Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees.
As you prep the following ingredients, transfer them to the bowl of a food processor: Coarsely chop the onion (to yield 3/4 cup), the cilantro leaves and some tender stems (to yield 1/4 cup). Peel the ginger, then coarsely chop it along with the garlic. Stem and seed the green chili pepper, then cut it into small chunks. Pulse until evenly chopped, stopping short of a paste consistency. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
Remove and discard all visible fat from the chicken. Cut the meat into small, equal-size chunks, then transfer to the food processor. Pulse until evenly chopped, stopping short of a mushy consistency. Transfer to the mixing bowl, along with the salt, black pepper, egg, bread crumbs and toasted spices. Use your clean hands to combine and incorporate the ingredients.
Scoop a small handful into your palm, shaping the mixture to a log that's 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. Place on the baking sheet. Repeat to form 11 more logs, using all the mixture and spacing the logs at least 1 inch apart. Roll and spray them lightly with the nonstick cooking olive oil spray. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, then turn them over and bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until evenly browned.
Divide among individual plates, skewering them if desired for easy handling.
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