Hello 🙂 I was away visiting my mom for a bit, but I am back and back to cooking. One of my college kids is back, and the other is coming home for the summer today, so I will be back to cooking bigger batches of food again. This recipe we had for dinner last night I got from one of my sons. My boys go to the same university and they often eat dinner together and one of their favorite local restaurants serves amazing meat kabobs they were trying to replicate.
This recipe did not disappoint on flavor. I love yogurt based marinades as they always result in really tender chicken and this one is packed with peppers and herbs and spices that give the chicken tons of flavor. I served these with a green chutney as well as basmati rice, garlic naan and some Indian spiced veggie pickles. This marinade is pretty universal though so you could serve these kabobs with just about anything.
Chicken Malai Boti
Ingredients
For the chicken:
- 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs I used breasts, cut into cubes
- 3-4 green chilies I used jalapenos
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 1/4 cup light or heavy cream
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 inch piece ginger peeled
- 3 garlic cloves peeled
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- 3 tbsp oil
For the chutney:
- 1/2 cup fresh mint
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 1 jalapeno
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp yogurt
Instructions
For the chicken:
- For the marinade, combine all ingredients in a small blender jar and blend until smooth. Mix in a ziploc with the chicken and place in fridge overnight. You can grill these kabobs or you can use your broiler/oven to cook them. We grilled them.
- Place the chicken cubes on your skewers. Heat your grill to medium high and add the skewers. Cook until they are nicely browned. Reduce heat to medium and cook until at least 165 in the center. Rotate a few times while grilling them.
- To use the oven, place the skewers on a foil lined rack or baking sheet. Heat oven on the broil setting and broil until they have some nice browned areas like you'd get on the grill. Set oven to bake at 350 and bake them until they are at least 165 in center.
For the chutney:
- Combine all the ingredients in a small blender jar and blend until smooth. Taste and season with more salt or lemon as needed. Serve over the chicken.