Shish taouk

Here is the recipe for shish taouk: (grilled BBQ chicken with garlic sauce)  

Ingredients needed:  

1 kg chicken breasts

Skewers

 Chicken Marinate 

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon tomato puree

1 tablespoon garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon garlic sauce, Toum see below

Salt & pepper, to taste

2 juices of lemons

 Toum (Garlic Sauce) 

1 garlic clove, peeled

½ teaspoon salt

1 egg white

250 ml vegetable oil

 1 lemon, juice of, to taste

  Cut the chicken breasts into 2 cms pieces and place in a bowl. Add the olive oil, tomato puree, garlic, 1 tablespoon Toum (garlic sauce) salt, pepper and lemon juice. Mix well to coat the chicken and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.  

1. Tread the chicken pieces on to skewers and grill for about 10 minutes on the barbecue or under a preheated grill. Turning from time to time.

2. Serve with Toum (garlic sauce) for dipping and a salad.

3. Toum (Garlic Sauce) – Put the garlic clove and salt in a blender or food-processor and whiz to a smooth puree. Add the egg white and whiz again until smooth. Very slowly pour in the vegetable oil in a constant, steady stream until all the oil is used up and the sauce is the consistency and color of mayonnaise. Add the lemon juice and keep whizzing until smooth. Taste and add more lemon if necessary.

Photo: Azzaelea