Shishkabobs

                                                  

                                                You might think my kids were wild animals the way they crave meat.

My daughter has been begging to have shishkabobs for dinner, but it being the middle of winter in Calgary, I have been putting her off. But today, we got a Chinook so with the warmer here, fire up the 

Barbecue!                                            

    Recipe:1/4 cup oil                                              

    1/3 cup honey                                                                  

    1/3 cup soya sauce                                                                                                                                    2 cloves garlic, minced                                                                      

      pepper                                                                                                                          

       5-6 chicken breasts                                                                                                   

                                                                 

                                                                   

Combine all of the marinade ingredients. You might want to use a whisk to fully incorporate the honey. I like to use a rasp for the garlic. It really inparts great garlic flavor because it almost turns it into a paste.

 

Cut up the chicken into bite size pieces and place in the marinade. Refrigerate for 4 -6 hours, trning the chicken occasionally.

 

While the chicken is marinating, I like to souk my skewers in water for a couple of hours. I don't think 1/2 is long enough. They will catch on fire if they aren't thoroughly saturated.

I have stopped mixing my veggies and meat on each skewer. Obviously you shouldn't marinate the veggies with the meat for fear of contamination. I find the kids don't love all of the veggies and are really only after the meat, so it makes it  just pleases everyone to do it this way.

I just coated my veggies with some oil and seasoning salt for about 1/2 hour.

If you are cooking these on the barbecue, heat the barbecue on high and then bring down the temperature to about med heat.  If you can turn one side of the barbecue to med low for the veggies. 

The chicken might take about 10 -15 min depending on the size of your cubes and how tightly you thread them on your skewers. I like them just to be touching...not crammed on.

 

I served ours with some basmati  rice, but you certainly don't need anything.