Mediterranean
Chicken Shish Taouk Plate
Chicken Shish Taouk Plate is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 cucumber
- 1 head romaine lettuce
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Whisk the yogurt, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, tomato paste, paprika, cumin, and salt into a marinade.
- Cut the chicken into 1.5-inch cubes, coat them in the marinade, and chill at least 20 minutes.
- Thread the chicken onto skewers.
- Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high and cook the skewers, turning, until charred and 165F inside, about 12 minutes.
- Chop the cucumber and romaine into a simple salad.
- Serve the skewers over the salad.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Shish Taouk Plate carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chicken Shish Taouk Plate takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, yogurt, and cucumber.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.