My recipe for grilled chicken and vegetable skewers is perfect with this delicious basil sauce. Grilling chicken kabob skewers is a fast, easy, and healthy way to make a chicken recipe. You will simply love using this marinade for the grilled chicken kabob skewers, as well as many other of your barbecue recipes.
Fresh ingredients that come together to make a flavorful dish! If you love chicken recipes, you will also love my chicken fajitas with garlic yogurt sauce.
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- 💖 Why You'll Love This Gut Healthy Grilled Chicken Recipe?
- 🥣 Ingredients to Make Grilled Chicken Skewers
- 🧡 Learn How to Make a Grilled Chicken Skewers with Lemon Basil Sauce Recipe
- 📖 Recipe
- What to Serve With Grilled Chicken Kabobs?
- ⭐️ Recipe Notes
- ❓ Can You Cook Chicken Skewers in the Oven?
- 😀 Will You Try Grilling Chicken Kabob Skewers for Today?
- 💬 Comments
💖 Why You'll Love This Gut Healthy Grilled Chicken Recipe?
- High Protein - Delicious way to add more protein to your daily nutritional needs.
- Flavorful Recipe - This grilled chicken recipe is loaded with flavor, so it's never bland.
- Versatile Lemon Basil Sauce - Make a bigger batch of this basil sauce to use over veggies or other protein sources during the week.
🥣 Ingredients to Make Grilled Chicken Skewers
- Chicken Breast - I recommend using skinless, boneless chicken breasts, but if you want to keep that skin on, that works well too.
- Garlic - I always use fresh garlic, which beautifully flavors the grilled chicken kabob skewers marinade.
- Fresh Lemon Juice - A nice squeeze of fresh lemon juice will add brightness and acid necessary for this recipe.
- Olive Oil - Full of luscious, healthy fats, while creating a beautiful rich flavored marinade for the basil sauce.
- Basil Leaves - Fresh basil leaves are the key to this delicious basil sauce. Don't skimp on this flavorful ingredient for an out of this world tasty basil sauce that you can pour over everything.
- Red Onion - How can you not include red onions on your grilled chicken skewers? This is a must veggie with a bold flavor.
- Zucchini - One of my favorite vegetables, loaded with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Read more about zucchini here.
- Bell Peppers - You will love how these babies roast beautifully when you grill them. The marinade allows the bell peppers to be flavorful, but also get that yummy grilled flavor perfectly from the basil olive oil marinade.
See the recipe card for quantities.
🧡 Learn How to Make a Grilled Chicken Skewers with Lemon Basil Sauce Recipe
This grilled chicken kabobs recipe will become not only a summer barbecue favorite, but also one that you can enjoy all year long.
This simple marinade can be used for this grilled chicken kabob recipe or in recipes that require a delicious and easy marinade sauce.
📖 Recipe
Grilled Chicken Skewers with Lemon Basil Sauce
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pound 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)
Marinade Ingredients:
- 4 cloves garlic, fresh (Minced)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon, juice
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoon oregano, dried
- 1 teaspoon thyme, dried
- ¼ teaspoon cumin, ground
- 1 pinch sea salt (To taste)
- 1 pinch black pepper, ground (To taste)
Basil Sauce Ingredients:
- 2 cup basil, fresh
- 2 cloves garlic, fresh (Minced)
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch sea salt (To taste)
Instructions
- Whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and dried herbs. Add cut vegetables to a bowl and toss with 2 Tablespoons of the marinade mixture. Set aside.
- Cube chicken.
- Chop vegetables according to directions above in the ingredients list. Add cubed chicken to a glass bowl and cover with the remaining marinade 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].
- Preheat grill or grill pan to medium heat. Alternate vegetables and chicken while threading on skewers [if using wooden skewers, you can soak in water to prevent burning will on the grill].
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Grill, rotating until all sides are slightly browned, chicken is cooked, and vegetables have softened.
- Add all the basil sauce ingredients to a food processor or blender. Process in a food processor to combine and serve with skewers.Serve with basil sauce.
NUTRITION
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Recipe Key Nutrients
Calcium | Vitamin D | Iron | Potassium
What to Serve With Grilled Chicken Kabobs?
⭐️ Recipe Notes
You can grill these skewers outdoors or on a grill pan. You can also broil them, rotating during cooking.
❓ Can You Cook Chicken Skewers in the Oven?
Yes. Simply preheat your oven to a broiler setting or the highest setting in your oven. Broil for about 10 minutes or until cooked through, turning every 3 minutes.
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😀 Will You Try Grilling Chicken Kabob Skewers for Today?
Juicy, grilled chicken skewers are a fast, delicious, and healthy dinner or lunch recipe. Better than chicken skewers you had in any restaurant. I am sure these grilled chicken kabobs will become part of your recipe rotation.
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