Chicken on a Skewer

Name: Chicken on a Skewer (Shish Taouk)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Palestinian
Ingredients: 1.5 kg (3 lbs 4 oz) chicken breasts; 1½ tsp salt; ¾ tsp white pepper; ½ tsp ground allspice; 1½ tbsp sumac; 5 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Shish Taouk

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Classic Palestinian Cuisine

By Christiane Dabdoub Nasser

Published 2026

About

These simple, flavoursome chicken skewers are a real crowd-pleaser. Any leftover chicken you might have will do very well the next day as a cold meal: spread some olive oil on half a kmaj bread or a roll, grill (broil) briefly and add the cold chicken. Serve with a salad, and you will have a feast.

Ingredients

1.5 kg (3 lbs 4 oz) chicken breasts
1½

Asia
Palestine
Main course
Gluten-free
Low carb
Low fat
High protein
Keto
Low calorie

Method

Cut the chicken breasts into big bite-sized cubes, place in a bowl and add the salt, pepper, allspice, sumac, crushed garlic and fresh lemon juice. Mix well to distribute the seasoning all over the chicken, then refrigerate, tightly covered, for 2 hours.

Preheat your grill (broiler) to medium-high.

Spear the chicken pieces onto skewers, making sure there is a little space betwee