Intro
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chicken thighs it's one of the first
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things I reach for why because they are
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delicious they are always succulent and
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juicy and the flavor of course is
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fantastic I'm going to make some chicken
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skewers marinade them we're going to
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cook them on a grill but you can also
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cook them outside on the barbecue and
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then the accompaniment really world is
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your oyster I'm going to toast some
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flatbreads and I'm also going to make a
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bit of a Pico DEA which is kind of like
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a little salsa but we're going to use
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lots of cucumber so it's a really nice
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fresh one all we need to do is cut the
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chicken thighs and then we're going to
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marinade them and skew them so grab a
How to cut chicken thighs into skewers
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sharp knife and just take that chicken
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thigh open it up like that and cut it
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into three pieces just like that really
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really simple and the idea here is that
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they're relatively uniform in size and
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shape and that way they'll cook nice and
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evenly pick them up and stick them
How to make marinade
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straight into a large bowl and then we
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marinate so what whatever spices you
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like or spices that you can use you can
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really go crazy but I'm going to keep it
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pretty simple I've got paprika cumin and
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corander and then you just toss so you
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can use your hand you can use a spoon
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you can use tongs I'm going to add a
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little
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salt of course the great thing about
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using some kind of dry rub or marinade
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is you get lots of flavor into the
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chicken and it will penetrate that
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protein beautiful okay just a little bit
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of olive oil
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and then we build our skewers what I do
How to make skewers
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with mine is I pick it up and just kind
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of
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thread straight
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through each piece of thigh and then
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push it down now I like using the
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stainless steel skewers um but you can
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use the wooden ones as well you do need
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to soak them in water before you
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actually skew the protein onto it and
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that just stops them from splintering so
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just sort of flatten it out and that's
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going to help it cook nice and evenly it
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is time to cook these chicken skewers so
How to cook skewers
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all I'm going to do is put a tiny little
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drizzle more oil both for flavor and
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also to make sure nothing sticks pick up
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those skewers and just stick them just
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like
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that you can flatten them down just a
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little just to make sure that you get in
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good contact with the heat you're going
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to cook them for maybe 3 or 4 minutes on
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either side turn them we'll turn them a
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couple of times and we're just going to
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make sure that they're perfectly cooked
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through now a Pico DEA is a salsa right
How to make pico de gallo
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so all you're going to do is keep the
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tomatoes and all the ingredients raw I'm
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actually using a little spring
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onion over here I've got some
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garlic I've got lots of
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cucumber this is a long red chili if
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you're doing it for the kids you might
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want to put this much if you're doing it
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for someone that loves the spice go for
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it and instead of using coriander which
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is typically um found uh in a p of go to
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guia I'm actually using a little mint to
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give it some really lovely freshness for
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the chicken and the last two ingredients
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of course are the liquids we're going to
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use a little lemon juice and zest and
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some olive
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oil season it with salt and then what I
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want you to do is just go underneath
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flip that baby over oh yeah look at that
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beautiful CH that we're already starting
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to get what I want you to do is grab one
How to toast flatbread
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of these beautiful big flat breads you
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get these straight out of the pack from
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cold drop it into a nice hot pan and
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we're just going to toast it really
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really just to warm it through if you
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wanted to throw them in the oven you
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could do that as well so you just spin
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them around make sure they're hot on
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both sides and that's it now I know the
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golden question you're all wondering how
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do I know when my chicken is cooked grab
How to know when chicken is cooked
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yourself a small knife and just
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Pierce just a little bit cut all the way
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through to the skewer and then press
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right beside it now if pink juice kind
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of comes out of that little incision
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you'll know that it's not quite done but
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if clear liquid or nothing at all comes
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out you're ready to go and my chicken is
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ready to go once it comes off the grill
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you need to let it rest for just a
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couple of minutes it is dinner
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time so this is what you do grab one of
How to assemble
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those beautiful flatbreads straight off
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the pile go ahead and grab one of those
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skewers of chicken of course remove the
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skewer just like that then load it up
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with that beautiful pic DEA that already
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looks pretty special but here's another
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thing that I like to do I reach for the
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Greek yogurt it's creamy it's fabulous
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it gives a little tartness cracker
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pepper I kind of think this looks like
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the perfect week night dinner and the
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great news is it's a really generous
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portion of chicken so there'll probably
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be some leftovers which is great in
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sandwiches or tossed over your favorite
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salad for later in the week delicious
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