Herby Marinated Chicken Kebabs

Building, building, building

I think marinating meats is like roasting vegetables. You spend about 5 minutes prepping, then the heavy lifting is really accomplished by time. If you have the time, or the desire to plan out time for a marinade to do its thing, I really don’t think it will disappoint. There’s just too much flavor to be had within each marinated piece of goodness.

Can you tell I’m digging on this recipe?

Soak ’em real good

These kebabs are about as multi-step as we get around these here Essential Omnivore parts. Soak the skewers while the chicken and veggies are marinating, when ready to assemble get another pair of hands to help pierce and make the process flow along smoothly and look, they’re all set! 

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Herby Marinated Chicken Kebabs

SCD, Paleo, Keto, Whole30 and AIP compliant! If AIP, simply switch out the vegetables for non-nightshades. I recommend onions, sliced fruit (peaches would be delicious) and cubed jicama.

Course Main Course

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4 people

Author Lucia Hawley

Ingredients

Marinade

• 1 cup basil leaves packed
• 1 cup cilantro leaves packed
• 1/2 cup mint leaves packed
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic peeled
• juice of 1 lemon
• zest of 1/2 lemon
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

For the kebobs

• 1 pound skinless boneless chicken thighs or breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 bell peppers cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 onion cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes whole

Equipment

• wooden skewers soaked in water for at least 30 minutes
• grill or grill pan of your choice

Instructions

To make the marinade

1. combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Marinate the chicken in 2/3rds of the marinade for at least 2 hours, or overnight, covered in the fridge.
3. Marinate the chopped vegetables in a large bowl with the remaining marinade, for the same length of time.

To make the kebobs

1. Take each soaked skewer and place a piece of marinated chicken followed by bell pepper, onion and cherry tomato until the stick is filled up! Repeat until all chicken and vegetables have been used.

To grill

1. Following your grill’s instructions, bring the grill or grill pan up to heat, then place skewers on the grill and allow to cook for 5 minutes, flip and cook for another 5 minutes or until charred and the chicken is cooked through. Repeat as needed until all kebobs are cooked!