Quick & Simple Asian Chicken Kabobs

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• kosher salt
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons chili-garlic sauce (*)
• 2 1/2 cups vegetables, cubed (e.g. olives, zuchinni, yellow squash, pineapple chunks, cherry tomatoes, green or red bell peppers, )
• 1/4 cup scallion, roughly chopped
• bamboo skewer

Recipe

• 1 trim excess fat from chicken breasts. clean chicken thoroughly and pat dry. cut chicken into 3 inch strips about 2 inches wide and 3 - 4 inches long. sprinkle with salt and set aside.
• 2 combine next seven (7) ingredients in a small non-aluminum saucepan. simmer five minutes; cool. (should be room temperature before coating chicken.).
• 3 thread chicken and bite-size vegetable/fruit through each bamboo skewer. (alternate meat and vegetables/fruit). generously brush kabobs with sauce.
• 4 transfer prepared kabobs to a lightly oiled grill over medium heat. cook 5 to 6 minutes per side, basting liberally with sauce during the grilling. (note: if cooking under the broiler, broil for 10 minutes.).
• 5 place chicken kabobs on a warmed platter; sprinkle with chopped scallions.
• 6 cook's tip: when entertaining a crowd, double or triple the ingredients as needed.
• 7 *look for it in your supermarket's asian food aisle.