Air Fryer Chicken Shashlik with Pilau Rice

    15m prep time
    30m total time
    Easy level
    12 ingredients

Create this chicken shashlik recipe in your air fryer in just 30 minutes. Air frying is an extremely cost-effective way of cooking as well as requiring very little oil. It keeps the food tender, maintains a good level of moisture and requires hardly any energy to run. Good for you, good for your wallet and good for the plant. We love to serve these kebabs with a simple raita and pilau rice.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Start this recipe by making the marinade. Into a medium size bowl add half of the yoghurt, one of the tikka masala pots, half the grated garlic, a large pinch of salt and pepper and all of the olive oil. Mix well. Dice the chicken into 3-4 cm pieces and add this to the marinade. Leave this for a minimum of 10 minutes. If you can leave it overnight, that's even better.

Step 2

Soak the bamboo skewers in cold water. Dice the onions into large dice, roughly the same size as the chicken pieces. Skewer the chicken and alternate with the onion onto soaked bamboo skewers (make sure these fit into your air fryer before doing this).

Step 3

YLine the air fryer basket with a parchment liner. (Please check that your brand of air fryer is compatible with lining before you do this). Heat the air fryer to 180°C and lay in the chicken kebabs. Cook for 18 minutes, turning halfway through.

Step 4

While the chicken is cooking, make the raita. In to a small bowl combine the remaining yoghurt and grated garlic. Fold through the grated cucumber (which you should have squeezed to remove some of the juice) and add the juice of half the lemon. Season with salt. Heat through the rice according to the packet instructions. If serving with a little tomato salad, mix the chopped baby plum tomatoes with a pinch of salt and mix well in a small bowl.

Step 5

Remove the chicken from the air fryer and squeeze over the remaining lemon juice. Serve with the raita, the rice and the chopped tomatoes.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 70g Masala Curry Paste 1 x Patak's Tikka Masala Paste Pots 2 x 70g
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, peeled and grated 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic
  • 2 Pilau Rice 2 x Ben's Original Pilau Microwave Rice 220g
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
  • 1 Lemon, juice and zest 1 x Sainsbury's Lemons
  • 200g Greek Yoghurt 1 x Sainsbury's Greek Style Natural Yogurt 200g
  • 0.5 Cucumber, grated and squeezed 1 x Sainsbury's Whole Cucumber
  • 8 Bamboo Skewers, cut to fit in air fryer if needed 1 x Sainsbury's Bamboo Skewers x70
  • 640g Chicken Breasts, diced 1 x Sainsbury's 640g British Fresh Skinless & Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets
  • Maldon Salt to taste 1 x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g
  • 2 White Onions, peeled 2 x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
  • 325g Baby Plum Tomatoes, chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Baby Plum Tomatoes 325g
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