afoona
Chicken and Cilantro Kebab
Chicken

Chicken and Cilantro Kebab

Juicy chicken kebab with cilantro and Middle Eastern spices – a classic grill dish everyone loves.

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground chicken with the onion, garlic, cilantro, cumin, paprika, cinnamon, olive oil, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Knead the mixture 3–4 minutes, until smooth and sticky.
    💡Kneading binds the meat, and chilling firms it a little: that way the kebab stays on the skewer and doesn't fall apart over the fire.
  3. 3
    Chill the mixture 30 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  4. 4
    With wet hands, shape the mixture into long logs around skewers.
    Skewers
  5. 5
    Heat a grill over high heat.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  6. 6
    Grill the kebabs about 4 minutes per side, until they are browned outside and done to your liking.
    Tongs
    💡Don't press the meat or flip it more than once: the juices run out and the meat dries out. It releases from the grate once the underside is browned.
  7. 7
    Serve with pita, tahini and a fresh vegetable salad.
398calories
22 gprotein
4 gcarbs
32 gfat
● protein 23%● carbs 4%● fat 74%

Per serving (169 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix ·

A button hides that part of the recipe, in print too. Another click brings it back. The choice is kept for this recipe.

⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Skewers · Also works: Grill basket (Grill basket) · Toothpick (For small bites)
  • Tongs · Also works: Turner (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Pierces the meat)
  • Charcoal grill or Gas grill · one of them

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

🛒 Shopping list