SHISH KEBAB BARBECUE COOKING

A beautiful sumptuous meal when done right, fresh marinated chicken with herbs and spices, a simple charred cook over coals adding such depth of flavour to the charred peppers, onions and chicken stuffed in to a fabulous flatbread and loaded with garlic lemon aioli mayonnaise, crisp raw cabbage, red onion, pickled kebab peppers, crunchy iceberg lettuce and for me a hot chilli sauce!  Lip smacking gorgeous.

When I’m cooking this for my family or friends I like to get ahead, I prepare all the accompaniments, marinate the chicken and prepare the to be skewered peppers and onions.  When it comes to cooking, all I have to do is just assemble the chicken, peppers and onions on skewers, start cooking over the coals, place all the salad  and accompaniments on the table along with warmed flat breads and once the chicken is cooked serve family style for everyone to dive in.

If like me you want to make your own flat breads I have a brilliant 2 ingredient recipe that requires no proving and awesomely gorgeous flatbreads in 5 minutes!  It’s TRUE…

Ingredients

(serves 4)

The Marinade 

6 chicken breasts cubed 1”square

150 ml Greek olive oil (the best in the world!)

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp fresh ground black pepper

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp dry mixed herbs

1/2 tsp garlic powder or fresh sliced

For the Skewers

2 green pepper in squarechunks

1 red onion in square chunks

4 Store Bought Flatbreads OR 

2 ingredient Flat Breads

2 cups Greek yogurt

2 cups plain flour

1 tsp sea salt

Simply mix the yogurt, salt and flour together to form a dough, divide into 4 balls and roll out to a thin flat bread, cook in a dry pan for around 1 1/2 minutes each side, wrap in a tea towel to keep warm until serving.

To Serve

1 whole lemon in wedges

1 lemon juiced

1 iceberg lettuce finely sliced

1/4 white cabbage finely sliced

1/4 red cabbage finely sliced

1 red onion, halved and finely sliced

Lemon Garlic Aioli 

4 cloves garlic grated

8 tbsp mayonnaise

1 lemon juices and zested

Tomato and Red Onion Salad

4 large tomatoes quartered

Sea salt and black pepper

Olive oil

2 tbsp fresh coriander

1 red onion sliced

Optional

Good drizzle of your favourite hot sauce

First mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl or bag, add the chicken, toss well to coat and leave to marinate for a minimum of one hour or over night.

Next make the accompaniments, in a serving bowl, mix the iceberg, red and white cabbage along with the red onion, season with salt and pepper and the lemon juice, keep in the fridge until serving.

Mix the grated garlic, lemon juice and zest with the mayonnaise, keep in fridge until serving.

Season the tomatoes with salt and black pepper, toss with the olive oil, sprinkle with the fresh coriander and red onion, keep in the fridge until serving.

To assemble the kebab skewers, place the peppers, 2 chunks of chicken and onions alternating on the skewers.  

Fire up your BBQ grill and when your coals or wood is ready, cook the skewers for around 3 minutes each side, turning only once, serve immediately along with all the accompaniments.