Clay-Pot Shish
A shish-style meat dish cooked in a clay pot.
Like kebab meat braised or baked in a clay dish.
Ingredients
- 1.5 kilos and a half Chicken slices, cut into large pieces
- 3 pieces Mixed-color bell peppers
- half a cup Olive oil
- 2 pieces Medium tomatoes
- 2 pieces Medium onions
- 200 g Fresh mushrooms
- 5 tablespoons Vinegar
- 1.5 tablespoons Pepper paste
- 1.5 tablespoons Tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon Oregano
- 1 teaspoon White pepper
- 1 teaspoon Curry
- 1 teaspoon Ginger
- half a teaspoon Cardamom
- 1.5 tablespoons Maggi seasoning or salt
- 6 cloves Fresh garlic
- half-hour soak Water
- for soaking Salt
- for soaking White vinegar
- 5 tablespoons White vinegar
- 1.5 tablespoons Maggi seasoning
- as a substitute for Maggi seasoning if unavailable Salt
- 2 Maggi stock cubes
- for optional covering Dough
- a spritz Water
- for sprinkling Nigella seeds
- for sprinkling Sesame seeds
Instructions
- Soak the chicken in a bowl with water, salt, and vinegar for half an hour to remove any raw odor.
- After cleaning away the veins, cut the chicken into large pieces in the cutting bowl.
- On a cutting board, cut the bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms into large pieces, and slice the garlic into thin slices.
- Place the olive oil in a mixing bowl.
- Add the Maggi seasoning, vinegar, pepper paste, and tomato paste to the mixing bowl.
- Place the chicken pieces in the mixing bowl and mix with the marinade.
- Add the chopped vegetables to the mixing bowl and mix with the chicken until the marinade is distributed over all the ingredients.
- Transfer the mixture to a clay pot, a Pyrex dish, or an ovenproof tray.
- Divide the quantity between two clay pots if the clay pot is small.
- Add a quarter cup of water to each clay pot, or to each portion of the mixture in the suitable dish.
- Cover the clay pot or tray with parchment paper and plastic wrap if a clay pot is not available.
- Place the dish in the oven at 220°C for about 1 hour; it may need longer.
- After cooking, add the dough over the dish if you would like to serve it restaurant-style.
- Spritz the dough with water, then sprinkle with nigella seeds and sesame seeds; place it in the oven until the bread is cooked on top.