Turkish kebabs with tomato chilli sauce
These spicy chicken kebabs can be marinated the day before for extra flavour. Wrap in a warm flatbread and top with pickled chilli and cooling yogurt
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                                Prep:20 mins 
 Cook:15 mins
 plus at least 1 hr marinating
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
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                            kcal 276
- 
                            fat 12g
- 
                            saturates 5g
- 
                            carbs 7g
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                            sugars 6g
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                            fibre 2g
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                            protein 34g
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                            salt 0.4g
Ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves
- 200g Greek yogurt
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 tsp tomato purée
- 2 tsp chilli flakes (Aleppo are nice)
- 2 tsp sumac
- 4 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
- 300g baby plum tomatoes
- 1 thumb-sized red chilli, stem removed
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small red onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- 4 Middle Eastern flatbreads
- long pickled chillis (guindillas)
- a handful fresh coriander
- a handful fresh flat-leaf parsley
Method
- Crush 1 garlic clove and mix with 3 tbsp yogurt, the lemon juice, 1 tsp tomato purée, half the spices, and some seasoning in a medium bowl. Add the chicken, toss, cover and chill in the fridge for at least 1 hr or overnight. 
- Make the chilli sauce. Put 100g of the tomatoes, the whole red chilli, the remaining spices, garlic clove and tomato purée, plus 1 tbsp olive oil, half the red onion and the pomegranate molasses in a food processor. Add some seasoning and pulse until puréed, then set aside. 
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, and heat a griddle pan. Thread the chicken onto metal skewers or wooden ones that have been soaked, then wipe off the excess marinade. Skewer the remaining tomatoes on a separate skewer. Lightly oil the griddle with the remaining olive oil and brown the chicken on both sides, then transfer to a baking tray and bake in the oven for 10 mins, or until cooked through. Meanwhile, griddle the tomatoes for 1-2 mins, turning halfway through so they have griddle marks on both sides. 
- Serve the chicken and tomatoes on flatbreads with the remaining red onion, pickled chillis, the remaining Greek yogurt, parsley and coriander with the chilli sauce spooned over. 
 
     
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                 
                    


 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
            