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Skewered yogurt honey chicken

This is a delicious and fresh tasting dish. Naturally tenderised by yogurt, the cubed chicken fillets were juicy and flavourful. The honey gives off a subtle sweetness which counterbalances the tart yogurt…this is perfect with fluffy white rice.

# – Today’s dinner!

For the yogurt honey chicken

  • 250 grams of chicken fillet, cubed
  • 3 tablespoons of plain yogurt
  • 2 tablespoon of pure honey
  • Salt for seasoning
  • A stalk of rosemary or you can use rosemary powder


For the honey yogurt dill sauce

  • 10 tablespoons of plain yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon of pure honey
  • A handful of chopped dill
  • Salt for seasoning

# – First season the cubed chicken fillets with salt.

# – Add 3 tablespoons of yogurt.

# – Followed by a stalk of rosemary. You may pluck the leaves and discard the stalk too (I did this later on as I think the leaves impart flavour better off the stalk).

# – Drizzle two tablespoons of honey.

# – Stir till combined.

# – Now pierce all the chicken fillets together with skewers. Set aside in the fridge to marinate for at least 2 hours.

# – In the meantime, pour about 10 tablespoons of plain yogurt into a bowl.

# – Add 1 tablespoon of honey into the yogurt.

# – Dump in the finely chopped dill.

# – Don’t forget the salt!

# – Stir till completely combined and keep chilled in the fridge till ready to be served.

# – When you’re ready to cook, heat up a properly greased griddle. Make sure it’s quite hot but not burning.

# – Place all the skewered chicken onto griddle for about 3 minutes on one side. The smaller your chicken cubes are the faster they cook.

# – Flip them over to cook the other side.

# – Serve them with rice and the yogurt honey dill sauce made earlier.

# – Skewered yogurt honey chicken, DONE!

If you’re not into rice, you could also serve it with boiled potatoes and a nice green salad. Also, if you find the yogurt honey dill sauce a little on the sweet side, you could add a tablespoon of lemon or lime juice to balance up the taste more.

I love it when reasonably healthy dishes turn out exceptionally tasty. Give it a go!

Incredibly tasty but simple spicy chicken fajitas.

The last time we ate fajitas at home was almost 5 years ago. It came out of box. They were basically 10 rather small tortillas, some mushy salsa and fajita seasoning mix. We had to buy our own chicken, capsicums,onion and now that I think about it…..I might as well buy my own spices to make the seasoning and vegetables for the salsa!

It took me 5 years to finally see the point but it’s okay, better late than never. I’ve finally made the fresh salsa from scratch, which was unbelievably easy and now, I’m going to blog about making the chicken using home-mixed seasonings….no preservatives, no chemicals, no colourings!

    For the marinade:

  • 300 grams of chicken fillet, cut into strips
  • 1 tablespoon of chilli powder
  • 1 tablespoon of paprika powder
  • 2 tablespoon of oil
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
    For the vegetables:

  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 red or green capsicum, julienned (I actually used 4 large chillies cut into large strips because I didn’t have capsicums, they worked brilliantly!!)
  • 4 stalks of celeries, chopped

Here we go!

# – First, mix the chilli powder, paprika powder, sugar & oil together, then top off with the juice & zest of 1 lemon. Mix thoroughly.

# – Then, put the chicken fillet strips into the mixture. Make sure all the strips are well coated. Leave in the fridge for 1-2 hours.

# – After 1-2 hours, heat up a well-greased griddle. Grill the chicken strips for 2-3 minutes on 1 side depending on thickness. Remember to keep the marinade!

# – Flip the strips to cook the other sides.

# – After they’re cooked, set aside.

# – On the same griddle, throw in the onions and capsicums (I used large chillies). Then mix the leftover marinade with about 10 tablespoons of water and pour it over. Also, throw in a pinch of salt. Mix thoroughly.

# – Next, add the celeries. Mix thoroughly.

# – Let them cook for about 5 minutes. Actually, just use your gut feelings, you will know when it’s cooked! :D

# – Lay the vegetables over the chicken strips cooked earlier. The fajitas are DONE!

# – Serve with warmed tortillas, plain yogurt and home-made salsa.

# – Pile them all up on a tortilla….

# – Roll it up…

# – Eat!!! The chicken is tender on the inside and the outside crispy and flavourful. The salsa, onions, celeries and chillies all contributed great flavours and a nice crunch! You can put some grated cheese too and use sour cream instead of yogurt, but we were feeling healthy :D

And there……a healthy, tasty, home-made chicken fajitas meal with no preservatives or overpriced “seasoning”. The only thing store bought were the tortillas and plain yogurt. Pretty sure this will be a big hit at parties too!