How to prepare pounded chicken kebab
Chicken kebab is one of the delicious and popular Iranian kebabs, which is known as a home food. This delicious kebab is the same as the famous Iranian pounded kebab, only chicken meat is used instead of red meat.
Shredded chicken kebab is a good choice for people who can’t eat red meat. You can read how to prepare chicken kebabs in the Moist Kitchen section.
Ingredients for pounded chicken
Necessary materials in the necessary amount
Chicken 500 grams
1 large onion
Brewed saffron 5 g
Butter 25 grams
Salt and black pepper as needed
Paprika 1/2 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
How to prepare skewered chicken
first stage :
To prepare skewered chicken, first fillet a thigh and breast and remove the bones.
Second stage :
Grind the chopped chickens twice. This is included in the battered chicken recipe for better consistency of the ingredients.
Third level :
In the continuation of how to prepare chicken kebab, peel an onion, wash it, grate it with a fine grater, and place it in a colander to drain its juice completely.
Fourth step:
Add the spices (salt, black pepper, paprika, turmeric, if desired, garlic powder) to the minced chicken and start kneading until the spices are completely absorbed. After grinding the chicken once, you can add the spices and grind it twice until the spices are completely absorbed. This is completely a matter of taste. The spices are completely tasteful, you can add other spices as well.
The fifth step:
Add about 2 tablespoons of saffron that you have already brewed with ice to the chicken and start kneading until the color of the chicken changes completely and it absorbs the color of saffron.
The sixth step:
After adding the drained onion to the chicken, knead continuously for about 10 minutes.
The seventh step:
Put the kneaded chicken in the middle of the dish and then cover it with cellophane and put it in the refrigerator for about 3 hours so that the ingredients can set.
Eighth step:
After 3 hours, take the chicken out of the refrigerator and knead it a little.
Ninth step:
At this, point you can do three things.
The first is the common method of preparing pounded kebab, which is skewered with chicken and cooked on charcoal.
The second is to put the ingredients on wooden skewers and cook and fry them in a pan with oil on the bottom.
In the third method, you have to pour oil into a suitable and fireproof pan, then spread all the ingredients on the bottom of the pan. Make vertical cuts on it, then use a spatula to make narrow grooves on it so that it takes the form of a pounded kebab.
Tenth step:
Take some of the meat and play with your hand a little to remove the cracks, then thread the chickens onto wooden skewers.
Eleventh step:
By pressing the thumb and index finger, make suitable grooves on the kebab like a pounded kebab.
The twelfth step:
Pour a tablespoon of oil with a bit of butter in a non-stick pan on both sides and let the pan get hot.
Thirteenth step:
Now put the skewered skewers in the pan and moderate the heat of the gas until one side of the kebabs is slightly fried and changes color.
The fourteenth step:
After cooking one side of the kebab, combine saffron with melted butter in a small container and apply it on the chicken with the help of a brush so that the chicken absorbs the color and taste of saffron and butter. Repeat this several times until the batter is completely cooked in the pan so that you have colorful and tasty kebabs.
Final level :
You can serve this delicious restaurant meal with grilled tomatoes becuase peppers and basil.
Important tips on how to prepare pounded chicken
You can also add 2 cloves of grated garlic to the chicken batter.
Some people use thyme and coriander seeds in preparing battered chicken.
You can use only chicken breast to prepare this dish.
Grinding onion with chicken is a taste.
If you want to prepare the kebab on charcoal, it is better to add a little bit of tail to it.
Additional notes on pounded chicken
The preparation time of raw materials and its necessities is about 2 hours
And the cooking and waiting time is about 30 minutes.
You can serve pounded chicken for lunch and dinner.
Note that the amount of ingredients and the recipe is suitable for 5 people.