Make Hen Doner Kebabs at house! Tender, spiced, marinated hen cooked till flippantly charred, then sliced thinly and served in heat flatbreads with all of the toppings. It’s a Summer time dinner staple! You may make this within the oven or on the barbecue (I’ve bought directions for each).
Nicky’s recipe notes
My new favorite dinner for the hotter climate is that this basic hen doner. It’s a fantastic excuse for Chris to gentle up the barbecue (it tastes nice cooked within the oven too).
What actually makes this dish is the hen marinade. All these spices mix collectively and get cooked right into a crust on the hen that simply explodes with flavour with each chunk! Extra causes to adore it:
- It’s the good household meal – straightforward for everybody customise with their favorite toppings (my favorite is garlic sauce PLUS scorching sauce, together with little chunks of cucumber, tomato and onion).
- A enjoyable little bit of showmanship – everybody oohs and ahhs over the slicing of the doner – watching these juicy shreds of hen get sliced off is kind of mesmerizing!
- Any leftover hen makes THE BEST salad/sandwich/wrap the subsequent day.
Serve with flatbreads (strive my Home made Flatbread) and a contemporary Tomato and Onion Salad. The youngsters love a number of cheeky chips in there too!
📋 Components
Hen Thighs – We’re utilizing hen thighs as they comprise extra fats (fats is flavour) and so they’re a extra forgiving minimize of meat, which means they nonetheless keep their flavour and juiciness even with an extended cooking time.
Oil – Use a impartial oil like sunflower, vegetable, or avocado.
Seasonings – We’re utilizing a mix of paprika, salt, pepper, cumin, floor coriander, and oregano.
make it:
***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this publish***
- First, put together the hen by putting the thighs between two bits of parchment paper and use a rolling pin to flatten all of them into equal thickness, earlier than placing them right into a bowl.
- Then, add the marinade substances to the bowl, combine collectively so the thighs are coated evenly, cowl the bowl, and depart to marinate for as much as 4 hours.
- There are two methods to cook dinner the hen doner, within the oven or on a BBQ.
- For the oven methodology, skewer the hen thighs throughout three skewers and lay them on a baking dish as seen above. Then cook dinner within the oven for an hour and quarter-hour, flipping the skewers over each quarter-hour.
- For the BBQ methodology, stick the hen thigh skewers on a rotisserie attachment and place a drip tray under the place the hen is. Prepare dinner for 60-90 minutes, till absolutely cooked all through.
- Slice up thinly and serve.
Professional Tip
Use a pointy knife to chop the hen fairly good and skinny so it piled up right into a ready flatbread, or served as a part of a rice bowl.
I prefer to throw the flatbreads on the barbecue for a couple of minutes too, so that they’re pretty and heat – like contemporary bread.
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Incessantly Requested Questions
A doner is normally cooked on a vertical spit, however we will use a horizontal rotisserie on an oblique warmth for the same consequence. Utilizing a rotisserie permits the meat to cook dinner evenly, whereas the fats is repeatedly distributed all through – so it’s good and juicy!
If you happen to don’t have a rotisserie attachment, you possibly can thread the meat throughout three skewers and place on the barbecue. You’ll want to show the meat not less than each quarter-hour, to make sure even cooking.
Bashing the meat till it’s a good thickness will give us a constant cooking time, extra tender meat and extra floor space for the marinade to penetrate (which means extra flavour!).
Along with the marinade, brush the hen with BBQ sauce earlier than putting within the oven then baste with extra BBQ sauce half method by way of cooking for a candy BBQ Hen Doner.
For a spicy model with somewhat spice, Add 1 tsp of cayenne pepper and ½ tsp of chilli powder into the marinade.
Some recipes name for utilizing Greek yoghurt within the marinade. I don’t assume that is wanted as we now have the acidity within the tomato puree and lemon juice to assist tenderise the hen.
You may make the hen forward to marinate for as much as 4 hours. As soon as cooked, it’s at its greatest (most juicy) eaten immediately, however can also be nice for leftover served chilly in a salad/sandwich/wrap.
Cool the cooked and sliced hen, then cowl and refrigerate for as much as 4 days.
Use the leftovers chilly, or you possibly can spray/brush with somewhat oil and reheat within the air fryer (it should bought somewhat crispier) or the microwave, till piping scorching all through.
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Marinating the hen
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Place a hen thigh fillet on a chunk of greaseproof paper on a chopping board, fold over the greaseproof paper and provides it a delicate bash with a meat mallet or a rolling pin till it’s a good thickness. Repeat with all of the hen thigh fillets, then place in a big bowl.
1 kg (2.2 lb) boneless hen thigh fillets
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Add the remainder of the substances and totally combine the hen with the marinade in order that it fully coats all of the hen.
4 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp tomato puree, 1 tbsp impartial oil, 1 tsp paprika, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper, 1 tsp floor cumin, 1 tsp floor coriander, 1 tsp dried oregano
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Cowl and place within the fridge to marinade for not less than half-hour as much as 4 hours.
Cooking within the oven
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Preheat your oven to 180C/350F (fan).
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Skewer the marinated hen thighs onto two or three steel skewers (all three skewers bought by way of ALL of the meat – we do not need 3 particular person skewers), stacking them on prime of each other tightly to make a doner form.
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Place the skewered hen horizontally, on prime of a deep baking tray so the air can get across the hen.
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Place within the oven to cook dinner for 1 hour and quarter-hour, flipping the hen over each quarter-hour, till the hen is cooked by way of and you’ve got some good charred edges on the doner.
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Examine the inner temperature of the hen utilizing a meat thermometer, you wish to get to inside temperature of not less than 74°C (165°F). For optimum tenderness and flavour, purpose for 77-79°C (170-175°F).
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Take away from the oven and thoroughly maintain the skewers vertically then slice the hen so the little items and strips of hen fall off the skewers again into the baking tray with any juices which have been captured.
Cooking on the BBQ
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Set-up your BBQ for oblique cooking and preheat till you get a steady 180°C/350F.
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Stack the hen up on a rotisserie attachment (I extremely suggest utilizing a rotisserie attachment for this). You wish to stack it good and tight so the hen doesn’t spin on the spit.
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Place a drip tray under the place the hen can be, then place the stacked rotisserie spit on the BBQ, shut the lid and cook dinner for 60-90 minutes, till the hen is cooked by way of and you’ve got some good charred edges on the doner.
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Examine the inner temperature of the hen utilizing a meat thermometer, you wish to get to inside temperature of not less than 74°C (165°F). For optimum tenderness and flavour, purpose for 77-79°C (170-175°F).
Hen Thighs
We’re utilizing hen thighs as they comprise extra fats (fats is flavour) and so they’re a extra forgiving minimize of meat, which means they nonetheless keep their flavour and juiciness even with an extended cooking time.
Cooking on a BBQ
A doner is normally cooked on a vertical spit, however we will use a horizontal rotisserie on an oblique warmth for the same consequence. Utilizing a rotisserie permits the meat to cook dinner evenly, whereas the fats is repeatedly distributed all through – so it’s good and juicy!
If you happen to don’t have a rotisserie attachment, you possibly can thread the meat throughout three skewers and place on the barbecue. You’ll want to show the meat not less than each quarter-hour, to make sure even cooking.
Why flatten the meat?
Bashing the meat till it’s a good thickness will give us a constant cooking time, extra tender meat and extra floor space for the marinade to penetrate (which means extra flavour!).
Variations
Along with the marinade, brush the hen with BBQ sauce earlier than putting within the oven then baste with extra BBQ sauce half method by way of cooking for a candy BBQ Hen Doner.
For a spicy model with somewhat spice, Add 1 tsp of cayenne pepper and ½ tsp of chilli powder into the marinade.
What no yoghurt??
Some recipes name for utilizing Greek yoghurt within the marinade. I don’t assume that is wanted as we now have the acidity within the tomato puree and lemon juice to assist tenderise the hen.
Dietary data is approximate, per serving (this recipes serves 4)
Energy: 341kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 49g | Fats: 14g | Saturated Fats: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 3g | Monounsaturated Fats: 6g | Trans Fats: 0.04g | Ldl cholesterol: 238mg | Sodium: 546mg | Potassium: 689mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 139IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 3mg
Diet data is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
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