This Chicken Seekh Kebab recipe is a crowd pleaser and is inspired by my uncle who marinated and barbecued these delicious kabab Eid after Eid and cherished the festival. This will be the best seekh kabab recipe from scratch you ever came across.
WHAT IS SEEKH KABAB?
Seekh is a metal skewer. Seekh Kabab or seekh kebab is a South Asian entree in which marinated beef mince is covered on the seekh to make long cylindrical hollow kabab and the kababs are then barbecued on coal. Seekh kabab found its way to Pakistani cuisine through the influence of Mughlai Cuisine.
INGREDIENT FOR CHICKEN SEEKH KABAB
- Ground chicken with fat: Chicken grounded with white chicken fat is essentials for making juicy seekh kababs. I used boneless chicken and grounded it with white fat around the chicken in a food processor.
- Onions: We need finely chopped onions for this recipe. I did my chopping in the food processor and squeezed the chopped onion lightly between palms to remove excess water.
- Ginger and Garlic: I chopped ginger and garlic too in the food processor separately. If chopped ginger is watery, squeeze it lightly too and discard the water.
- Herbs: I used fresh cilantro/coriander only. You can use mint and parsley too.
- Green chilies: Use medium-sized moderately spicy chilies for extra. You may skip it for less spicy kabab.
- Fat: To ensure seekh kabab are soft and juicy, I used butter and cream too in this recipe. Chicken mince is low-fat so adding fat makes soft kababs.
TIPS TO MAKE SEEKH KABAB WITH CHICKEN
In this homemade seekh kebab version, I share the pan-fried and baked method. The recipe can be used for grilled seekh kabab too.
- Your chicken mince must have fat in it for juicy kabab.
- Follow the recipe as shown and do not get tempted to put all ingredients in the food processor and mix together. The extra water in onion and ginger can make the kabab too moist to roll. The herbs can make the kabab look green. So grinding separately and mixing later works best.
- If kabab mixture is too moist: Add 1 tablespoon of gram flour to absorb the moisture. If you do not have gram flour, use bread crumbs.
WHAT TO EAT WITH CHICKEN SEEKH KABAB?
Honestly, you can gobble these kababs right off the pan. Seekh kabab is traditionally served with any flatbread (like roti, chapati, garlic naan) or herbed or garlic rice. A green chutney or raita and kachumber salad or any other fresh salad is a must.
HOW TO MAKE A CHICKEN SEEKH KABAB RECIPE?
I'm a die-hard lover of juicy succulent seekh kabab. Follow this recipe step by step ditto and you'll get simply scrumptious food hitting your palate. This recipe has detailed marination chicken seekh kabab and also instructions for cooking in a frying pan on the stove or in the oven or grilling.
Roast the whole spices for 1 minute, then add powder spices and roast for a few more seconds. Let the masala cool and then grind into a fine powder. Also, add salt.
- Marinate: Chop onion in a chopper, and squeeze all water. Similarly, chop ginger in a chopper and squeeze the water. We need only solid onions and ginger. (Onion and ginger water can be used in gravies.) Now, take your ground chicken in a bowl. Add ginger, onion, butter, cream, seekh kabab masala, garlic, green chilies, and coriander.
- Do a taste test: Mix well. Cook a small lump in a frying pan to do a taste test. Adjust salt and seekh kabab masala to your taste. Marinate chicken for 20-30 minutes in the fridge.
- The marinated chicken mixture will be sticky. (Sticky is soft and moist when cooked.) Grease hands with oil before rolling kabab. Grease again as needed between rolling.
- Pencil or chopstick rolling technique: Pencil or chopsticks are easily available in homes and have a smooth surface. Roll a ball of kabab and shape it on a pencil.
- Make a long cylindrical kabab.
- Slide the kabab off the pencil to the frying pan. Fry kabab with little oil on high flame until golden and cooked. Flip all around for even cooking.
- Similarly, you can roll a kabab on the wooden skewers too.
- Smoking Seekh kabab: Heat a piece of charcoal until red hot. (Do this step, when marinating kabab.) Gather cooked kabab in a pot or pan and place red hot charcoal in the center on a metal bowl or a piece of foil. Drizzle a few drops of oil and cover the pan immediately with a tight lid to trap the smoke. You may put a heavy object on the lid for extra pressure. Smoke for 5 minutes and serve immediately.
- If you have metal skewers, take full advantage of them and roll kabab over them. Cook seekh kabab on an open flame on the stove, the flame should touch the kabab and give a few black spots. Then shallow fry kabab by placing metal skewers over tawa or griddle until cooked thoroughly. Then smoke kabab as described above. Smoking is optional.
- Chapli Kabab
Below Pic: The kabab rolled on metal skewers look perfect and great for a potluck. But for home cooking, it is a lot of hassle.
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