Dinner · 50 min · middle-eastern

Shish Tawook

Weeknight-friendly Middle Eastern cooking: Shish Tawook comes together in 50 minutes with chicken breast, plain yogurt, and not much else.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 lb Chicken breast
• 1 cup Plain yogurt
• 8 cloves Garlic
• 1/4 cup Lemon juice
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Oregano
• 1/4 cup Olive oil

Steps

1. Pound the garlic to a paste with salt — shish tawook marinade is unapologetically garlicky.
2. Whisk the yogurt, garlic, lemon, tomato paste, paprika, oregano, and oil; coat the chicken cubes and marinate at least 2 hours, ideally overnight.
3. Thread onto skewers, leaving small gaps so the heat circulates.
4. Grill over medium-high 12 minutes, turning often, until charred at the edges and just cooked through.
5. Rest 5 minutes so the juices redistribute.
6. Serve with toum — the whipped garlic sauce — plus pickles and flatbread; the garlic-on-garlic pairing is the point.
7. For the full Beirut street experience, wrap in bread with fries tucked inside.

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