Chicken Seekh Kebab
(Minced meat roasted on skewers)
Chicken kebabs are awesome with crispy crust and tender from inside.
These kebabs are made with ground chicken and flavored with herbs and spices.
Traditionally kebabs are made with lamb meat, but kebabs could be prepared with chicken meat, they are light, low in fat and taste as good as lamb kebabs.
Chicken kebabs could be served as appetizer and as a main course. As an appetizer they are usually served on the bed of thin sliced raw onion rings garnish with lemon juice and with coriander or mint chutney. As a meal they can be served rolled in thin flat roti or roomali roti or all purpose or whole wheat tortillas, along with thin sliced onions, green chilies garnish with lemon juice and coriander leaves. They are also served as a meal with brown onion rice.
These kebabs are made with ground chicken and flavored with herbs and spices.
Traditionally kebabs are made with lamb meat, but kebabs could be prepared with chicken meat, they are light, low in fat and taste as good as lamb kebabs.
Chicken kebabs could be served as appetizer and as a main course. As an appetizer they are usually served on the bed of thin sliced raw onion rings garnish with lemon juice and with coriander or mint chutney. As a meal they can be served rolled in thin flat roti or roomali roti or all purpose or whole wheat tortillas, along with thin sliced onions, green chilies garnish with lemon juice and coriander leaves. They are also served as a meal with brown onion rice.
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Ingredients:
1 Pound ground chicken meat (Chicken Thighs prefer) 2 Medium size onions 1 Tablespoon minced garlic 1½ ’ long ½ “thick slice of fresh ginger 2 Medium green chilies or to your taste 2 Tablespoons butter or ghee (melted) 2 Tablespoons of plain yogurt 1 Tablespoon of seekh kebab barbecue mix - Optional (any brand) ½ Teaspoon garam masala or to your taste (amount of garam masala is depend how potent is garam masala) ½ Teaspoon salt or to your taste Lemon juice (optional) Cooking measurement conversion Measurement converter 
Metal skewers
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Chicken seekh kebab Ingredients
Boneless Chicken Thighs
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How to Grind the chicken:
1. If you don't find minced chicken at the store, then you can ground chicken at home. Buy chicken breast or boneless skinless chicken thighs.
2. Wash the chicken breast or thighs well, pat dry them with a paper towel. With a scissors or a sharp knife cut away any tendons or fat from the chicken. Cut the chicken into pieces. Place the Chicken pieces into blender, chopper or food processor and grind it.
1. If you don't find minced chicken at the store, then you can ground chicken at home. Buy chicken breast or boneless skinless chicken thighs.
2. Wash the chicken breast or thighs well, pat dry them with a paper towel. With a scissors or a sharp knife cut away any tendons or fat from the chicken. Cut the chicken into pieces. Place the Chicken pieces into blender, chopper or food processor and grind it.
Wash the Chicken well
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Add the Chicken pieces in chopper
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Grind the Chicken
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Ground Chicken
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Directions to marinate the chicken:
1. In a Blender or chopper grind one onion, garlic, ginger, green chilies and make
a coarse paste. Onion will leave lot of water, try to take the water out from
the Onion paste before adding to ground chicken, otherwise ground Chicken
will become watery.
1. In a Blender or chopper grind one onion, garlic, ginger, green chilies and make
a coarse paste. Onion will leave lot of water, try to take the water out from
the Onion paste before adding to ground chicken, otherwise ground Chicken
will become watery.
In a mixer add onion, green chilies, garlic & ginger
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All the ingredients are chopped
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2. Place the ground chicken in a bowl and pour the paste over the Chicken and
mix. Add seekh kebab mix, garam masala, yogurt and salt and mix all the
ingredients except butter or ghee with the ground chicken.
3. With the fingers mash the chicken well so that all the ingredients mix together
and it becomes a nice and soft lump.
4. Cover the bowl and place the chicken into the refrigerator for 1 hour or
longer. (This will make meat little firm and easier to roll.)
mix. Add seekh kebab mix, garam masala, yogurt and salt and mix all the
ingredients except butter or ghee with the ground chicken.
3. With the fingers mash the chicken well so that all the ingredients mix together
and it becomes a nice and soft lump.
4. Cover the bowl and place the chicken into the refrigerator for 1 hour or
longer. (This will make meat little firm and easier to roll.)
Add chopped onion mix over ground Chicken
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Chicken seekh kebab mix
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Directions for making the kebabs:
1. Chop 1 onion in rings, sprinkle lemon juice over the onions and mix them
well. Keep them aside.
2. When ready to make kebabs remove the Chicken from the refrigerator and mix
minced meat with melted butter.
3. Grease the skewers.
1. Chop 1 onion in rings, sprinkle lemon juice over the onions and mix them
well. Keep them aside.
2. When ready to make kebabs remove the Chicken from the refrigerator and mix
minced meat with melted butter.
3. Grease the skewers.
Add butter and mix
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Grease the skewers
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3. Grease your hand and take some marinated ground Chicken and roll into a
cylindrical roll. (If chicken is too soft to roll then you can add some bread
crumbs)
cylindrical roll. (If chicken is too soft to roll then you can add some bread
crumbs)
Grease the hand
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Take small portion of Chicken
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4. Place the skewer in the middle of the roll and rotate the skewer slowly and
press the meat gently with the greased fingers till it completely encircles the
skewer for a length about 5” to 6” or you can make sausage like cylindrical
rolls with marinated meat.
press the meat gently with the greased fingers till it completely encircles the
skewer for a length about 5” to 6” or you can make sausage like cylindrical
rolls with marinated meat.
Roll Chicken into a cylindrical roll
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Place the skewer in the middle of the roll
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Press the meat gently all around
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Rolled Chicken seekh kebab
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Place the rolled kebabs in the tray
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Cylindrical rolled kebabs
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5. If using a charcoal grill, then light the charcoals and let the grill become
medium hot.
6. If using a gas grill, preheat burners on high, keep the lid close. When the grill
become hot reduce the heat to medium.
medium hot.
6. If using a gas grill, preheat burners on high, keep the lid close. When the grill
become hot reduce the heat to medium.
Prepare the Grill (Charcoal Grill)
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Turn the Gas grill on
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7. Place the skewers on the Barbecue grill. Keep them approximately 3” apart
leaving space to turn them while cooking.
leaving space to turn them while cooking.
Place the skewers on the Grill
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Or place the skewers on the Gas grill
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Grill Cylindrical rolled kebabs on grill
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Chicken seekh kebabs are grilled
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8. Let the kebabs cook for 2 minutes then turn the skewers slowly to other side
and cook for 2 minutes then turn to the uncooked side and let them cook. Keep
turning the skewers after every 2 minutes for 8 to 10 minutes or until kebabs
are cooked. Do not turn the skewers around too quickly, as this caused the meat
to come off the skewers and fall down in to fire. Do not overcook or brown the
kebabs as the meat will become hard.
9. When kebab are done take them off from skewers, place them in serving plate,
sprinkle some lemon juice, serve kebabs hot with onion rings and coriander
chutney.
10. You can also cut the kebabs into bite size pieces and serve them as snack
with chutney.
and cook for 2 minutes then turn to the uncooked side and let them cook. Keep
turning the skewers after every 2 minutes for 8 to 10 minutes or until kebabs
are cooked. Do not turn the skewers around too quickly, as this caused the meat
to come off the skewers and fall down in to fire. Do not overcook or brown the
kebabs as the meat will become hard.
9. When kebab are done take them off from skewers, place them in serving plate,
sprinkle some lemon juice, serve kebabs hot with onion rings and coriander
chutney.
10. You can also cut the kebabs into bite size pieces and serve them as snack
with chutney.
Grilled Cylindrical rolled kebabs
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Chicken seeks kebabs
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Cut the kebabs in bite size pieces
Tips:
1. Kebabs could be cooked in oven instead of barbecues grill. On the baking
tray, lay skewers across and cook on 400 degree.
1. Kebabs could be cooked in oven instead of barbecues grill. On the baking
tray, lay skewers across and cook on 400 degree.
Cook Kebabs in the Oven
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Kebabs are cooked in Oven
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2. You could also cook kebabs in a frying pan.
Cook Kebabs in frying pan
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Kebabs are cooked in the frying pan
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3. You can make the kebabs in any shape. Instead of threading the meat on skewer you can make sausage like cylindrical rolls with the marinated meat and then cook on the barbecue grill.
Please take the time to let me know what you think about my recipe. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipe.
Thank you
Geeta Seth
Thank you
Geeta Seth
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Chicken shammi kebabs Beef shammi kebabs
Chicken stir fry kebabs Beef kebabs
Roomali roti Chapatti (Pulkha or roti)
Hari chutney or dhaniya chutney Pudina chutney (Mint chutney)
(Coriander leaves chutney)
Chicken kebabs Beef seekh kebabs
Chicken shammi kebabs Beef shammi kebabs
Chicken stir fry kebabs Beef kebabs
Roomali roti Chapatti (Pulkha or roti)
Hari chutney or dhaniya chutney Pudina chutney (Mint chutney)
(Coriander leaves chutney)
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