Shish Tawook Recipe

Ingredients

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  2 lb or 907g

• 2% Greek Yogurt

  Trader Joe's

  8 oz or 227g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Garlic

  Raw

  5 cloves, minced or 15g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  1 ½ tbsp or 24g

• Paprika

  Spices

  1 tsp or 2g

• Sumac

  Castella

  1 teaspoon or 100g

• Thyme

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp, ground or 1g

Directions

1. Cut the chicken breast into 1 1/2 inch pieces and place them in a large bowl.
2. In another bowl, mix Greek yogurt, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, tomato paste, paprika, sumac and thyme.
3. Pour the yogurt mixture over chicken pieces and mix well. Cover with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours up to eight hours.
4. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Once the oil is shimmery, place the chicken pieces in the pan but don't over crowd the pan.
5. Sear the chicken pieces on one side for 3-4 minutes, then stir and sear the other side until the chicken is fully cooked.
6. Serve shish tawook with pita and salad.
7. Recipe by: Shadi HasanzadeNemati (source: https://www.unicornsinthekitchen.com/shish-tawook/)