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Perfect Chicken Kabob Recipe – 30-Minute Juicy Chicken Kebab Recipe | AnitaCooks.com

by | Jul 19, 2023 | chicken, dinner, easy, lunch, weeknight dinner, weeknight meals |

Perfect Chicken Kabob Recipe - 30-Minute Juicy Chicken Kebab Recipe | AnitaCooks.com

Using simple ingredients like lemon, garlic, and fresh herbs, you'll learn to marinate and prepare chicken skewers that are bursting with flavor.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Course dinner, entree, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American, Greek

Ingredients
  

  • 1kg/2.2lbs chicken breast boneless skinless cut into 1 inch chunks
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice about 1.5 large lemons
  • 2 tbsp garlic chopped
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 tsp dried
  • 1 tbsp fresh oregano leaves or 1.5 tsp dried
  • 1 tsp salt to taste
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • wooden or steel skewers

Instructions
 

  • Finely chop thyme and oregano leaves. Add olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper to a bowl. Add chicken and mix well. Cover and marinate for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Skewer the chicken pieces leaving a little gap in between each piece. Remove as much of the garlic as possible to avoid burning.
  • Heat up your grill to high. Place the chicken kebabs on the hot grill and cook on high heat for two minutes. Turn them over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Then lower the heat to medium and cook for less than 10 minutes depending on your grill. Turn them over once or twice as needed.
  • The meat should be 165 degrees F or 74 degrees C when cooked. You can also press the meat with your finger and it should feel firm with a little give. It shouldn’t be very hard because then it’s overcooked. My skewers took less than 15 minutes total on an indoor electric grill.
  • You can make these skewers in the oven starting on high heat, then turning to medium. Use the broiler setting for 2 minutes to give color to the chicken if needed.
  • Use wood or steel skewers. Soak in water for 30 minutes if using wood skewers. I used 10 inch bamboo skewers and fit 5 chunks of chicken on each skewer. 6 smaller pieces of chicken on one skewer. If your chicken pieces are uneven, skewer the small ones together and the large ones together so they cook evenly.
  • *** I used 1 1/4 tsp of salt for the chicken. If you don't like too much salt, use 1 tsp instead.