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Chicken Skewers with Dukkah Crust

Chicken Skewers with Dukkah Crust
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12 servings (24 skewers) Easy
Total: Active:
10 Ratings 

Ingredients (8)

  • 2/3 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 24 chicken tenders, also called chicken tenderloins
  • 1 cup Dukkah
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (about 1 ounce)
  • 24 metal or bamboo skewers (if using bamboo skewers, soak them in water for 30 minutes before cooking)
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Dukkah makes everything better. This Middle Eastern spice mix, often including sesame seeds, sumac, and hazelnuts, is most commonly combined with oil and used as a dipping sauce. This recipe coats the chicken in mustard and dukkah and is accompanied by a sweet-sour sauce of honey and balsamic vinegar.

What to buy: If you have the time, you can make your own dukkah. Otherwise look for it at gourmet grocery stores, at Middle Eastern stores, or online at Spice Bazaar.

Game plan: The vinegar-honey sauce and dukkah (if making) can be done up to 5 days ahead. Coat the chicken in the dukkah mix up to 2 hours ahead of time and then refrigerate both. When you’re ready to eat, bake the skewers and warm up the sauce over low heat until it is syrupy. For a slacker solution for the coating, substitute toasted fine breadcrumbs mixed with cumin and sesame seeds.

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by Aida Mollenkamp

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Instructions

  1. 1Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle.
  2. 2Combine balsamic vinegar and honey in a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until reduced by 1/2, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  3. 3Combine mustard and olive oil in a shallow bowl and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss chicken in mustard mixture until well coated.
  4. 4Combine dukkah and Parmigiano-Reggiano in a wide, shallow dish and mix thoroughly. Roll each tender in the dukkah mix until well coated.
  5. 5Thread a chicken tender on each skewer. Place chicken skewers on wire cooling racks. Nest each wire rack in a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake until the meat is firm and the dukkah crust is golden, about 25 to 30 minutes. Serve the skewers with the vinegar-honey sauce.

Beverage pairing: Taittinger Brut La Française Champagne, France. There’s a lot going on in this dish, making it difficult to match with wine. A good rule to remember in cases like this is that champagne goes with everything. For this recipe, it really does work well: It has the fruit to work with the honey-vinegar sauce and a slight nutty-toastiness to pair with the dukkah.

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