Chicken sosaties with dried apricots and onions

Prep time
30min
Cook time
15min
Serves
4

When it comes to sosaties, you can’t beat the classic combo of chicken, apricots and onions.

Ingredients:

Sosaties:
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 4 tsp (20ml) olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp (30ml) brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp (15ml) masala curry powder
  • 1 tsp (5ml) cinnamon
  • 1 tsp (5ml) ground coriander
  • 1 tsp (5ml) ground cumin
  • 1 tsp (5ml) garlic powder
  • 12 dried apricot halves
  • 2 onions, cut into chunks (same size as the apricot pieces)
  • salt and pepper
Apricot-chutney yoghurt dressing:
  • ½ cup (125ml) plain yoghurt
  • ½ cup (125ml) apricot chutney
  • 1 tsp (5ml) masala curry powder
  • 1/2 tsp (2,5ml) orange zest
  • 15g chopped coriander
  • salt and pepper

Method:

Sosaties:
  • Slice the chicken breasts into even cubes (approximately 6 pieces per breast) and place in a bowl.
  • Mix the olive oil, sugar, masala curry powder, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
  • Rub the chicken pieces with the marinade and leave them to marinate overnight.
  • Leave the bamboo sticks to soak in water overnight.
  • Evenly arrange the chicken, apricots and onion pieces onto the bamboo sticks.
  • Braai the sosaties until they’re caramelised and cooked through.
Apricot-chutney yoghurt dressing:
  • Mix all the ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.
Serve the sosaties warm with lashings of yoghurt derssing.