Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Skewers with Basil Sauce
Ingredients
1 ½ lb chicken breast, skinless, cubed
1 zucchini, cut into 1" cubes
1 bell pepper, red, cut into 1" pieces
1 onion, red, cut into 1" pieces
4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
¼ cup olive oil
3 Tbs lemon juice
1 Tbs red wine vinegar
2 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon thyme, dried
¼ teaspoon cumin
salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
Directions
- Cube chicken.
- Chop vegetables according to directions.
- Preheat grill or grill pan to medium heat.
- Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and dried herbs. Add cut
vegetables to a bowl and toss with 2 Tablespoons of the olive oil
mixture. Set aside. - Add cubed chicken to a glass bowl and cover with remaining olive oil
mixture. Cover and place in refrigerator to marinate for 2 hours. [You
could marinate in less time, the flavor just won't be as intense]. - Alternate vegetables and chicken while threading on skewers [if using
wooden skewers you can soak in water to prevent burning will on grill]. - Season with salt and pepper.
- Grill, rotating until all sides are slightly browned, chicken is cooked, and
vegetables have softened. - Serve with basil sauce
Grilled Chicken Vegetable Skewers with Basil Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb Chicken breast skinless, cubed
- 1 each zucchini cut into 1" cubes
- 1 each bell pepper cut into 1" pieces
- 1 each red onion cut into 1" pieces
- 4 cloves garlic minced or pressed
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon thyme dried
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cube chicken.
- Chop vegetables
- Preheat grill or grill pan to medium heat.
- Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and dried herbs. Add cutvegetables to a bowl and toss with 2 Tablespoons of the olive oilmixture. Set aside
- Add cubed chicken to a glass bowl and cover with remaining olive oilmixture. Cover and place in refrigerator to marinate for 2 hours. [Youcould marinate in less time, the flavor just won't be as intense].
- Alternate vegetables and chicken while threading on skewers [if usingwooden skewers you can soak in water to prevent burning will on grill].
- Season with salt and pepper.
- . Grill, rotating until all sides are slightly browned, chicken is cooked, andvegetables have softened.
- Serve with basil sauce.
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