Chicken Sheek Kebabs

Chicken Sheek Kebabs is a modern British recipe (from British Indian Restaurants) for a classic starter of minced (ground) chicken with blended with ginger-garlic paste, chillies and spices that's shaped around a skewer and cooked in a tandoor, barbecue or under a grill (broiler). The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Chicken Sheek Kebabs.

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

10 minutes

Total Time:

20 minutes

Serves:

2–4

Rating:

Tags : Curry BIR Curries Spice Recipes Chicken Recipes British Recipes

Though lamb sheek kebabs are typically the most commonly seen in BIR restaurants some also make chicken sheek kebabs and this is the typical method for those starters. This recipe is enough for 2-4 kebabs, depending on size.

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts minced
1 tsp curry mix powder
1 tsp fresh ginger-garlic paste
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp methi (fenugreek leaves)
1 fresh green chilli
1/2 tsp Paprika (you can use smoked if you like a smokier flavour)

Method:

Finely chop the Garlic, Ginger and Chilli or place them in a blender and make a paste.

Combine all the ingredients into a bowl and mix together need the mixture to get an even coating of the spices. Cover the bowl with cling film and store in a fridge overnight or at least 2 hours but overnight is best.

Next day mould the meat around skewers, you should have enough to make 4.

Brush onto the kebabs a little vegetable oil and place under a preheated grill at 180c. These will need to be turned every 2 minutes and coated again with oil if they start to dry out. Keep repeating this process for 12 minutes so turning a total of 6 times.

Remember chicken is quite a dry meat so brushing with vegetable oil is essential to keeping them moist.
The chicken should be cooked through to the centre so after 12 minutes slice it into 1 kebab to confirm they are cooked.
In BIR style restaurants kebabs are typically served accompanied by spicy dipping sauces such as Indian chilli dipping sauce or Tamarind-chilli dipping sauce.