In the summer, many go on nature, closer to the river. Of course, this business is not complete without a picnic, namely, making a kebab. After all, what a delicious and fragrant kebab turns out, made in nature.
You can cook it from pork, beef, lamb, fish and chicken. Chicken kebabs are especially tasty, juicy and fragrant. Moreover, from this meat, he cooks very quickly. But first you need to marinate it. There are many ways to pickle, the main thing is to choose the right one.
How to choose chicken meat for kebabs
Before starting to marinate, it is recommended to choose the right chicken meat for shish kebab. It is best to buy not frozen, but chilled chicken. The most suitable option would be a chilled carcass weighing up to one and a half kilograms. The small chicken has the softest and most tender meat.
If you purchased a fillet or a whole carcass frozen, then you need to defrost it.
Defrosting is recommended in the refrigerator on the middle or lower shelf. Rapid defrosting will make the meat dry and tough.
After defrosting, the carcass should be cut into medium pieces, which can be put on skewers.
For the kebab perfect whole carcass, you can use the legs, thighs, wings, breast. All parts are perfect, the main thing is that the meat was young.
Particular attention should be paid to pickling, because it depends on the taste of meat, its juiciness, flavor. When choosing sauces for the marinade, you need to be especially careful, someone wants to make the meat spicy, someone sweet, and the other way sour.
Surely, you already quickly want to know how to quickly pickle chicken for kebabs. We will not hesitate - here are the best recipes for you. Choose any!
Quick marinade for chicken skewers with lemon and garlic
Ingredients for cooking:
- chicken - 600-700 grams;
- garlic teeth - 2-3 pieces;
- one lemon;
- red onion - 1-2 pieces;
- paprika - 10 grams;
- olive oil - 2 large spoons;
- some cumin;
- a pinch of cinnamon;
- salt to your taste;
- A pair of pinched ground black pepper.
Preparation takes about 2 hours.
Calorie - 185 kcal.
How to cook:
- Pre-thawed meat is cut into medium pieces, which will later be placed on skewers;
- Pour lemon juice into the container, which is squeezed from half a lemon;
- Next, add paprika, cinnamon, black pepper and a little salt;
- In the marinade lay out the pieces of meat and mix well;
- Cover the container with a lid and place in the fridge for 2 hours;
- Pour olive oil into a bowl;
- Squeeze out the juice from the second half of the lemon and pour it into a container with olive oil;
- With onions we remove the husk, cut into large rings;
- Pickled pieces of meat with onion rings should be planted on skewers;
- We kindle a brazier, we warm up;
- We spread the skewers on the grill and fry the meat for about 10 minutes, while constantly scrolling;
- Be sure in the cooking process sprinkle shish kebab with oil and lemon juice sauce.
Marinade with kiwi in a hurry
Ingredients:
- one bell pepper;
- three kiwis;
- one and a half kilograms of chicken;
- 5 purple bulbs;
- 7-8 sprigs of fresh parsley;
- a bunch of fresh dill;
- a little coriander;
- salt to your taste;
- a couple of pinches of freshly ground black pepper.
It takes 90 minutes to prepare.
Calorie content - 210 kcal.
Preparation Scheme:
- With kiwi you need to cut off the peel;
- Next, remove the onion peel, cut three onions into 4 pieces;
- Cut the kiwi in half and put it in a blender;
- To kiwi lay out the quarter onions;
- We grind all components in a blender to a mushy state;
- We wash the Bulgarian pepper, cut the stalk and remove the rosette with seeds;
- Cut pepper into rings;
- The remaining three onions are also cut into large rings;
- We wash the hen's carcass and cut it into medium pieces, do not remove the skin;
- Put the meat in a cup, sprinkle with salt, coriander, pepper and leave to lie down for a quarter of an hour;
- Next, rub meat kiwi and onion marinade;
- Add the onion rings to the meat and stir;
- Cover the top with a lid and put it in the fridge;
- Leave to infuse for about an hour;
- Next, put the meat on the skewers together with the rings of bell pepper and fry.
How else delicious pickle chicken for kebabs
In vinegar
Components from which we will prepare:
- chicken - 2 kg;
- kilogram of onions;
- apple or wine vinegar - 4 large spoons;
- red pepper in a ground form - pinch;
- freshly ground pepper - on request;
- salt ½ large spoon;
- 1-2 bay leaves;
- seasonings to your taste.
We will cook for 2.5 hours.
Calorie - 215 kcal.
How to do it:
- First you need to rinse the chicken and cut it into medium pieces, their size should match the size of the skewers;
- Peel is removed from the onion; we cut the onion into thin rings or half rings;
- Onions are transferred to a container in which we will pickle meat;
- Sprinkle with salt, wring out with hands so that the juice appears;
- Then put chicken pieces onion, mix well;
- Sprinkle with spices, about 2-2.5 tsp. Will be enough. Condiments can be used any, perfectly fit universal;
- We spread a few leaves of Lavrushka and sprinkle with ground pepper, mix everything thoroughly;
- Then pour apple or wine vinegar. Instead of apple can use regular vinegar, but it must first be diluted with water;
- We clean in the refrigerator and marinate for about 2 hours;
- Next, we begin to fry kebabs on the grill.
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In kefir
Components:
- chicken - one and a half kilograms;
- 270 ml of kefir;
- bulbs - 3-4 pieces;
- salt to your taste;
- condiments - 2 tbsp;
- Lavrushka - 2 leaves.
How much time is needed - 1 hour for cooking and one day for marinating.
Calorie content - 220 kcal.
Cooking option:
- Chicken washed, cut into medium pieces;
- With the bow remove the skin, two heads are cut into 4 pieces;
- Grind the onion in a blender and mix with kefir;
- We shift the chicken into a container, sprinkle with salt, black pepper, spices;
- Fill chicken meat with kefir marinade with onion, put laurel leaves;
- Cover with a lid and place in a cold place;
- It will take about a day to marinate meat;
- Next, marinated pieces can be put on the skewers and begin to grill them.
In mayonnaise
The marinade will require the following products:
- one and a half kilograms of chicken;
- three or four onions;
- 200 grams of mayonnaise;
- some seasonings for a shish kebab;
- salt - to your taste.
The preparation will take 3-8 hours.
Calories - 230 kcal.
How to do:
- The hen is thoroughly rinsed with cool water, rubbed with towels from a paper base;
- Chicken meat cut in medium pieces, put them in a cup, sprinkle with salt, black pepper and mix;
- With the bow remove the skin, cut into thin rings or half rings;
- We spread onion to the chicken, add mayonnaise, sprinkle with spices;
- All components are well mixed;
- Knead by hand until the juice appears;
- Cover with a lid on top, insist for 3-8 hours;
- It is best to leave marinating all night;
- After that, the meat can be planted on skewers and fry.
With soy sauce
Ingredients for cooking:
- chicken - 2 kg;
- 5-6 onions;
- soy sauce - 5-6 st.lozhek;
- olive oil - 100 ml;
- 100 ml of lemon juice;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- a few pinches of pepper in a ground form.
It will take 3-4 hours to prepare.
Calorie content - 210 kcal.
How to do it:
- The chicken is rinsed in cool water and rubbed with paper towels;
- Next, cut the carcass into medium pieces of the same size;
- We clean the bulbs from the husk and cut them in the form of thin half-rings;
- Garlic cloves cleaned and cut into small pieces;
- Pour soy sauce in a bowl, add lemon juice to it, pour black pepper;
- In a container lay out the pieces of meat, pour vegetable or olive oil, mix well;
- Put onion to the meat, mix it up with your hands, lightly pressing on the onion, so that liquid appears;
- Pour the marinade, stir thoroughly so that the liquid covers all the ingredients;
- Next, cover with a lid and leave to stand for about 3-4 hours;
- Next, cut the pieces of meat on skewers or lay out on the grid;
- Fry on the grill on hot coals for 20-25 minutes.
With grapefruit
What ingredients will be needed:
- 2 ripe grapefruit;
- 2 kilograms of chicken drumsticks or thighs;
- 7 purple onion heads;
- 10 grams of seasoning "Pepper Mix";
- 2 pinches of hops-suneli;
- salt - to your taste.
It will take about 3-4 hours to cook.
Calorie - 185 kcal.
How to do it:
- Grapefruit washed, cleaned t pelts;
- Cut into medium pieces and put into a blender, grind to a mushy state;
- With onions we remove the husk and cut into wide rings;
- Put salt in a bowl, pour in spices and mix;
- We wash the shins and thighs with cool water and wipe them with a paper towel;
- We rub meat with spices with salt;
- Spread chicken meat in spices in a container, pour grapefruit mixture;
- Spread onion rings, cover with a lid;
- Leave to infuse for 3-4 hours;
- After that, the chicken must be planted on skewers;
- Fry on the grill on hot coals until tender.
How to marinate chicken fillet in a mustard marinade
For the preparation will need the following components:
- 2.5 kilograms of chicken meat;
- 70 ml of olive oil;
- 100 grams of French mustard;
- one lemon;
- 170 grams of liquid honey;
- 8 cloves of garlic;
- a bunch of fresh dill;
- 8-10 sprigs of parsley;
- ground black pepper - a few pinches;
- salt to your taste.
The preparation period is 3-4 hours.
Calorie - 195 kcal.
Start cooking:
- Lemon should be well washed, using a sharp knife, remove the skin from it;
- Rub the peel on a grater with fine teeth;
- From the pulp of lemon squeeze juice;
- Fall asleep in dry lemon juice;
- Pour liquid honey, olive oil and mix;
- Dill and parsley rinse and shred in small pieces and pour into marinade;
- With garlic teeth we scrape the skin and pass through the press, add to the marinade;
- Add grated zest and stir until smooth;
- Wash chicken, rub and cut into medium pieces;
- Put the slices in the marinade and leave to marinate for 3-4 hours;
- After that we put the chicken on the skewers;
- Fry on the grill on hot coals.
How to pickle chicken drumstick in beer for kebabs
What ingredients will be needed:
- 2 kilograms of chicken drumsticks;
- liter of light beer;
- 20 grams of dry oregano;
- four onions;
- salt to your taste;
- a few pinches of black pepper in a ground form.
We will cook for about 3 hours.
Calorie - 195 kcal.
Start cooking:
- Wash shins under cool water and wipe with paper towels;
- Sprinkle the legs with salt, pepper, oregano and mix well;
- With onions we remove the husk and cut it into thin rings or half rings;
- Put the drumsticks, onions into the container and mix thoroughly with your hands so that the juice appears;
- Fill with beer so that it completely covers the chicken;
- Cover with a lid and leave to marinate for 3 hours;
- After that, string the shins on the skewers or lay out on the grid;
- Fry on hot coals until tender.
Secrets of juicy chicken skewers
- shish kebab is best to use the legs, thighs, wings. In these places the meat is more juicy and soft;
- the breast is dryish, but if it is properly marinated, the meat will be juicy and tender;
- it is better not to remove the skin, it gives juiciness due to the fat that is released from it in the process of preparation;
- Be sure to add onions, in the process of marinating, it produces juice, which soaks the meat and makes it fragrant, juicy, soft.
Barbeque chicken is no worse than kebab beef, pork, lamb. The main thing - you need to marinate it properly, so that the meat after cooking is juicy, fragrant and very tender. Chicken kebab can be served with any vegetables, baked potatoes and cold beer.
Another recipe for marinating chicken for a delicious kebab is in the next video.
