pinapple chicken kabobs
Summer is BBQ season. Everything cooked outside, fresh ingredients, sunshine and delicious simple food. These Pineapple Chicken Kabobs are all flavor, tenderness and easy! The thing about Kabobs is, you can make them in hundreds of different combinations of proteins, vegetable and marinades. Really this is a recipe to inspire you to put ingredients on a stick and start grilling, so switch it up to your own likes and make something you love.
I do have a big trick that has saved me dry proteins, under cooked veggies and charred skewers. First, invest in metal skewers. I provided a clickible link in the ingredients section. These make the whole process easier and they are dishwasher safe…WORTH IT!
Second, this might not make your kabobs as picture worthy as they could be, but everything will be cooked to perfection. Besides, you take the food off the skewers to eat, so it is all good. Separate all of the ingredients by cooking times. That means all of the chicken on your designated amount of skewers and leave the rest to the veggies and onions. This approach is the game changer in grilling perfect Kabobs.
Ohh one more thing…this sauce is needed for the rice side, so the whole plate is packed with flavor.
What you will need (feeds 6)
6-8 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into @ 1 inch cubes
3 small zucchini cut into small round discs
1 large red onion, cut into 1 inch square slices
2 pints assorted mushrooms
salt and pepper
Pineaple Marinade & Sauce
4 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
1/4 cup coconut aminos
1/2 tsp salt
pepper
Pour ingredients into a medium sized sauce pan and simmer until liquid reduces by half, about 40 minutes
Directions
After reducing sauce, place aside to allow it to cool
Cut all of your ingredients, making sure they are uniform in size
Place cubed chicken in a bowl, drizzle with 2-3 Tbs avocado oil, season with salt and pepper, pour 1/3 of the pinapple sauce over chicken and let marinade , while preparing veggies
Thread veggies and onions alternately on skewers
Thread Chicken on skewers
Drizzle veggie skewers with Avo oil & season with S&P
You are ready to grill! Chicken is cooked thru when internal temperature reaches 165°
Grill veggies to desired doneness
Use extra sauce to baste while you are grilling, but be sure to save 4oz for plating and sides
My favorite starch to serve these with is White Basmati Rice. The extra sauce is amazing pour over top and gives the whole dish so much flavor.