Marinated Chicken Brochettes

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 skinless chicken breasts (6oz, 175g)
• 6 fresh bay leaves
• 1/2 medium red onion, peeled, halved and separated into 8 layers
• 1/2 large yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 8
• 1 teaspoon peanut oil or 1 teaspoon other flavourless oil
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 teaspoon peeled grated fresh ginger
• 1 medium green chili, deeseded
• 1 tablespoon fresh coriander leaves (cilantro)
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 6 fluid ounces buttermilk
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• wooden skewer

Recipe

• 1 to make the marinade.
• 2 crush garlic with 1/2 teaspoon of salt until it becomes a puree. add the grated ginger. chop the chilie and coriander add to ginger and garlic with turmeric and black pepper. mix with the buttermilk.
• 3 now cut each breast into five pieces, then add to marinade and mix. cover the bowl with clingfilm and place in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
• 4 30 minutes before cooking soak the wooden skewers for 30 minutes in hot water.
• 5 preheat the grill to its highest setting for 10 minutes.
• 6 dry the skewers and thread half a bay leaf on to each one, then a piece of chicken, a piece of onion and a piece of pepper. carry on alternating the bay leaf , chicken, onion and pepper until you have threaded five pieces of chicken on each skewer, finishing with half a bay leaf on each. season with salt and pepper and brush the vegetables with a tiny amount of oil. lay the brochettes on the grill rack about 4 inches from the heat source. brush liberally with remaining marinade and grill them for 10 minutes, before turning them over and grilling for a another 10 minutes. brushing with more marinade as they cook and watching them carefully so they do not burn.