This traditional Persian chicken kabob recipe is really tasty and wonderful. Serve with rice, fresh onions, lemon slices, and roasted tomatoes.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 6 hrs |
| Total Time: | 6 hrs 25 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 12 kabobs |
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, sliced thin
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ⅓ teaspoon crushed saffron
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- metal skewers
Instructions
- Combine onion, lime juice, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and saffron in a large glass bowl. Mix in olive oil. Press chicken into the bowl lightly and cover with plastic wrap. Let marinate for 6 hours to overnight, mixing every few hours to make sure chicken is coated.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Remove chicken from the bowl, shake off excess marinade, and discard marinade left in the bowl. Place chicken onto metal skewers, making sure it’s not too tightly packed.
- Cook skewers on the preheated grill until chicken is browned and no longer pink in the center, turning as needed, 10 to 15 minutes total.
- You can use boneless chicken thighs cut into quarters instead of chicken breasts.
- You can use soaked bamboo skewers instead of metal.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 346 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 129 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 48 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 1277 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I grew up with Persian food with my dad being Persian, and my mother cooked it AMAZINGLY it’s such a reminder of my childhood Persian food is my all-time favorite food and this is definitely one of my favorite dishes so so good, just mouthwatering, you must try!!(:
These were really tender and the citrus flavor was still strong after grilling (in a good way)! I made these with saffron rice and I wish I had thrown in a tomato cucumber salad too.
Awesome recipe!!
All time family favorite. Brings me back to my fathers cooking. Make it just as the recipe calls for!
I made these exactly as the recipe states. They were a bit too salty for my taste, but eaten with a cucumber mint yogurt sauce helped eliminate that.
delicious!!
Absolutely delicious! I love Persian food and don’t get to have it very often. These kabobs will become a staple in my house. I marinated the meat for about 8 hours. I would probably go a little less next time. While the flavor was amazing, the acidic citrus juices were just starting to “cook”/toughen the chicken. I served the kabobs with saffron rice, grilled tomatoes and onion. YUM!
Yumminess. I love the citrus