- Hey guys, it's Yumna, aka Feel Good Foodie.
I love to share wholesome nutritious meals
that make your body feel good.
And today I'm sharing with you
an authentic Lebanese grilled chicken recipe
that we call Shish Tawook.
Shish means skewers and Tawook means chicken.
So it's basically large chicken cubes marinaded in yogurt,
lemon juice, and lots of spices.
The yogurt has lactic acid and calcium,
so it helps to break down the protein
and it makes it ultra juicy, super tender
and very flavorful.
These chicken tenders are wonderful grilled,
indoor or outdoor, and they're great with a salad,
some rice, or just wrapped up in a sandwich
with some garlic paste and pickles.
So here's what you'll need:
Two pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breast
cut into large chunks, half a cup of whole milk yogurt,
1/4 of a cup of lemon juice, 1/4 of a cup of olive oil,
one to two tablespoons of tomato paste,
a whole lot of garlic, we've got six cloves in here.
And then we're also gonna do some paprika,
cinnamon, ginger and oregano.
So let's get started.
We're going to take some yogurt and add it
to this measuring cup.
Then we'll add the olive oil, the lemon juice,
the garlic, tomato paste, a teaspoon of paprika,
a teaspoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of ginger,
half a teaspoon of oregano,
and then we'll add salt and pepper.
I like to use about a teaspoon of salt
and 1/4 of a teaspoon of pepper.
Now you'll just take a little whisk or a fork
and blend everything together.
All right, and so after some heavy whisking,
this is what the sauce is going to look like.
You could also just mix this together in the bowl
and then add the chicken.
So I'm going to transfer the sauce over the chicken.
And don't worry if it looks like too much sauce,
it's the perfect amount because you really want that chicken
to absorb all of that liquid and all of that flavor.
So now I'm gonna give it a stir.
And there you have it, the chicken cubes are now swimming
in that yummy sauce and it already smells so good.
But a very important part of this recipe right now
is to let this marinade.
I'm telling you, you need to do at least four hours,
maybe eight hours, or even overnight.
If you're under pressure for time, do at least an hour.
But what I recommend is at least four hours.
And now what you wanna do is just cover it up
and place it in the fridge.
Do that part again.
And now you'll cover it up and place it in the fridge.
And now what you wanna do is just cover it up
and place it in the fridge.
(laughs)
I have exactly as big as needed. All right.
What you wanna do is cover it up
and place it in the fridge.
Once the chicken is marinated,
you wanna go ahead and skewer them
and add some onions in between
because that's really gonna give it a lot of flavor.
So you can grill these outside, but in the winter,
I like to grill them on a grill pan, which is nice and hot.
I love to hear that sizzle.
And now we're just gonna turn them over on the other side.
And you wanna cook them for about five to seven minutes
per side, depending on how thick they are.
So the Tawook I've been cooking for five to eight minutes
per side, and you can see it's got beautiful marks
on both sides and the juices are running clear now,
so we know it's done.
And to be extra sure, you can always use a thermometer
just to make sure that the internal temperature
is between 160 and 165.
So now we're ready to serve these.
So to serve it, we take some pita,
take some garlic sauce and spread it right on here.
And I'm very generous with this garlic sauce.
Then we'll take a skewer, not too hot,
literally place it on the pita with some pickles.
You can also add some other vegetables in here
if you wanted too.
And then we just roll this up, cut it in half.
And this is a nice chicken Tawook sandwich.
So let's do a little taste test.
Actually, we should have Video Matt do a taste test.
Here you go.
Alright, he likes it.
And I hope you guys try this recipe and like it as well.
Thank you for watching.
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