REAL, AUTHENTIC LEBANESE CHICKEN SHISH RECIPE | Cooking with the Master

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt adds protein while reducing fat.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point.

chicken breast

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: whole chicken

Thighs are juicier and often less expensive.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice adds brightness and acidity.

Fill the bottom of a food processor with garlic until no space is showing underneath.

Add salt to cover the garlic.

Blitz the garlic and salt in the food processor until it becomes pasty.

Gradually add vegetable oil while processing until it starts to catch the garlic.

Add a squirt of lemon juice once the mixture starts moving.

Scrape down the sides of the food processor to ensure all garlic is incorporated.

Continue adding vegetable oil gradually until the mixture becomes cloudy and emulsified.

Add more lemon juice as the mixture thickens and emulsifies.

Transfer the garlic paste to a container, ensuring all of it is removed from the processor.

Mix together the spice mix of paprika, white pepper, black pepper, salt, ginger, and thyme.

Add 3 tablespoons of the spice mix to the garlic paste.

Add a little olive oil for flavor and more lemon juice for freshness.

Add tomato puree in a 1:4 ratio with the garlic paste and mix everything together.

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