Grilled Chicken Thighs Turkish Style

Turkey sits both in Europe and Asia and so has a wonderful cosmopolitan culture. You'll find Mediterranean influences sitting side by side with the spices of the orient and this recipe captures that cultural fusion beatifully.

When marinading chicken, always remove the skin otherwise the marinade won't be able to permeate the flesh. For this reason I always like to use skinless, boneless thighs and being boneless makes the end result that much easier to eat.

Ingredients:-

• 8 chicken thighs, bone & skin removed
• 240ml or 1 cup plain yogurt
• Juice of one lemon
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 inch cube fresh ginger, crushed to release the juice (discard the pulp)
• 2 teaspoons hot paprika
• 2 teaspoon fresh chopped mint
• ½ teaspoon salt

Method:-

Make up the marinade by adding all the ingredients (other than the chicken and yogurt) into your marinade bowl and mix well. Now pour in the yogurt and stir everything together, when the color is uniform add your chicken thighs and leave them to marinade for a minimum of 3 hours.

Use a medium hot grill and cook the chicken thighs for approximately 10 minutes on each side. Discard the remains of the marinade.

You can serve your chicken thighs in a pita bread with a few sprigs of fresh coriander and cucumber raita or do as I have and accompany them with a cannellini bean salad.

See Also:-

Grilled Chicken Kiev
KFC Grilled Chicken
Yakitori Barbecue Chicken Recipe
Tandoori Barbecue Chicken Recipe
Chicken Tikka Kabobs
Fennel Grilled Chicken Wings

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