Shish Taouk Toum - Grilled / BBQ Chicken with Garlic Sauce
Chicken, skewer and tomato puree grilled and spiced with clove for a Lebanese dish. It comes to the table with toum.
45 min · Serves 4 · Medium
Ingredients
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 35 min · Cook 10 min · 45 min total
- medium
- 1
Cut the chicken breasts into 2 cms pieces and place in a bowl. Add the olive oil, tomato puree, garlic 1 tablespoon Toum (garlic sauce - see below recipe), salt, pepper and lemon juice. Mix well to coat the chicken and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- 2
Tread the chicken pieces on to skewers and grill for about 10 minutes on the barbecue or under a preheated grill. Turning from time to time.
- 3
Serve with Toum (garlic sauce) for dipping and a salad.
- 4
Toum (Garlic Sauce) - Put the garlic clove and salt in a blender or food-processor and whiz to a smooth puree. Add the egg white and whiz again until smooth. Very slowly pour in the vegetable oil in a constant, steady stream until all the oil is used up and the sauce is the consistency and colour of mayonnaise. Add the lemon juice and keep whizzing until smooth. Taste and add more lemon if necessary.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.
