Have you heard of a shish kawook chook?I had not heard of this delicacy until I hit up the Ramsgate Foodie Markets and purchased one from the Free Range Butcher. Now, despite the common flavours of garlic and lemon being shared in the Lebanese-style Shish Tawook, spices and flavourings may vary quite a lot. The chook that I picked up says it is seasoned with dried oregano, black pepper, allspice, cardamom, olive oil, salt, garlic and tomato paste. And it was totally devoured when we had guests for dinner the other night!
I baked my chicken for 40 minutes at 180 degrees and the skin was super crispy and delicious. I baked my chicken on top of pieces of pumpkin tossed in a little olive oil and salt, which also took on the flavours of the chicken.
I loved that the chicken is butterflied and boneless, so I simply needed to pop it onto a board, slice through it a few times {to make some more managable pieces} and allow everyone to serve themselves.
I served the baked chicken and pumpkin with a delicious cous cous salad and flatbreads.
COUS COUS SALAD
2 cups of cous cous
4 cups of chicken stock
1 red chilli
1/2 bunch of mint
1/2 bunch of parsley
1/2 a red onion
3 cucumbers
1 lemon
1 clove of garlic
1/4 cup of olive oil
100 grams of fetta
salt and pepper
Bring your chicken stock and sliced chili to the boil. Add the cous cous, remove the pot from the heat and cover with a lid. Allow to cook whilst you prepare your remaining salad ingredients.
Shred the mint and parsley, finely dice the red onion, cut the cucumbers in half length-ways and then slice, juice the lemon, mince the garlic and crumble the fetta.
Whisk the lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and seasoning together. Fluff the cous cous with a fork and then pour into a large bowl. Add the remaining salad ingredients, pour over the dressing and toss.
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I have’t heard of that chicken before but it sounds delicious. Thanks so much for linking it up to YWF. Hope you are having fun exploring Sydney. x
This looks yummy! I really need to learn to cook!
You can do this Paula – it really is just ‘assembling’ the ingredients. Nothing too fancy at all.
Yum this looks divine! I am giving it a go! xoxo
Yay – Kit, I would love to hear what you thought when you make it.
I’ve been meaning to check out these markets- sounds like it’s worthwhile!
Definitely worthwhile! My ‘go-to’ stall holders at the moment would have to be; The Free Range Butcher, the apple guy {who is always right next to the butcher – he also does awesome apple juice and has the best cucumbers at the moment}, St Malo Bakery for their olive sourdough and their five grain sourdough {wait – practically anything that they are serving up}, and the Asian’s running the organic veggies in the corner – near the kombucha {which is also delicious – I would recommend a hot cup of the ginger kombucha}.
** These would have to be my favourite ‘fresh’ produce stall holders – there are also so many people doing wonder cooked food that is worth a look. It’s just I am normally there to grocery shop rather then ‘eat’.
That chicken looks the business! As does the salad! I love me some cous cous!
How good is cous cous! I love that the chicken is butterfiled and all the bones are removed, it means less cooking time, it is easy to share and perfect for little ones.
We just ate a very similar couscous salad here but with lamb kofta. Yum! That chicken looks delish.
The chicken is seriously good – so good that I went back and got another one the following week. The Free Range Butcher also does a honey soy, a Portuguese and a Mediterranean chicken in this style.
This looks delicious, Shari! I hope you’re settling into Sydney life well! xo
Thanks Kristy – we are settling in slowly {I’m getting a hang of the Foodie Markets – there is way more ‘cooked’ food, then the Canberra Markets}. This chicken is seriously delicious!