Chicken skewers can be pampered in your own kitchen, without getting out to nature to the fire. To do this, cut the pulp into cubes, marinate and strung on wooden skewers. Bake in the oven at 200ºC for about 30 minutes.
Chicken skewers in the oven on skewers according to the classic recipe
The most delicious kebabs are made from chicken thighs. Soak wooden skewers in cold water beforehand, then alternating, strung pieces of chicken meat, chopped vegetables, cherry tomatoes, cook everything on the grill.
It will take:
- 350 g cherry tomatoes;
- 1 large sweet pepper;
- 2 packs of hips for 1 kg;
- 1 glass of orange juice;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of chili sauce;
- 2-4 cloves of garlic;
- 1 sprig of rosemary + 5 ml sesame oil;
- season to taste.
Time: 35-40 minutes. Calories: 192 kcal.
How to cook barbecue:
- Remove skin from chicken thighs, cut bones. Cut each thigh into two parts.
- Season the meat to taste, add fresh juice, sauce, crushed garlic. Add sesame oil, rosemary. Mix well, pickle 25 minutes.
- Pepper pod free from seeds, chop into large pieces. Put the peppers and tomatoes to the meat.
- String chicken pieces on skewers, alternating with vegetables, then place on a baking sheet covered with parchment, fry in a hot oven (200) for about 30 minutes.
Interesting to know: orange juice softens meat well and gives it a unique citrus aroma.
Unusual recipe with pineapples
The recipe seems very bold, but in fact it is based on marinated chicken meat, which everyone is used to. But the pineapple in such a neighborhood looks completely unimportant and gets on well with chicken and bright herbs.
It will take:
- 1 kg of chicken fillet;
- 1 jar of canned pineapple;
- 1 lemon + 1 orange;
- 80 ml of olive oil;
- a small bunch of basil;
- ¼ tsp pepper mixes;
- 2 sprigs of rosemary.
- Time: 30 minutes. Calories: 202 kcal.
How to cook:
- Fillet cut into cubes, put in a suitable dish.
- Prepare products for marinade. Purple basil leaves tear hands, mash rosemary. Peel the orange and lemon zest with a fine grater. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.
- Add basil, rosemary, citrus zest to the meat, pour in lemon juice and olive oil, season with salt and pepper. Mix well, leave for half an hour.
- String marinated chicken 4 slices per skewer, alternating with pineapple slices. Put the skewers on a baking sheet, grease with marinade, put in a hot oven.
Tip: at the end of cooking, you can turn on the grill function so that the kebab is covered with a golden crust.
The best recipe for chicken kebabs for children
As for the meat treat for the little guests, you can not worry too much. The main thing is that it is healthy, nutritious and eaten easily, without oiling fingers. By the way, cooking chicken kebabs will save moms a lot of time.
It will take:
- 500 g of chicken pulp (better to take the meat from the thighs, it is juicier);
- 250 ml of kefir;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 1 onion;
- 300 g cherry tomatoes;
- 1 young squash;
- 30 ml of refined oil;
- spices to taste.
Time: 30 minutes. Caloric content of each portion: 189 kcal.
How to cook:
- Cut chicken pulp into slices, approximate size 2x2 cm. Season to taste, add chopped onion, chopped garlic (you can skip through the press), pour all the kefir. Marinate for 2.5-3 hours.
- Chop the squash into circles, wash the cherry. Vegetables sprinkle with vegetable oil, a little salt.
- Pour cold water over skewers, leave for 10 minutes. The oven is heated to 200ºC. Skewers strung on skewers, alternating meat, cherry tomatoes, zucchini circles. Place on a baking sheet covered with parchment, fry for half an hour.
Chef's tip: children will definitely like the original cabbage-hedge vegetable side dish, place half of a small cabbage head (cut down) on a flat plate, put lettuce and parsley leaves on the edge of the plate, chop fresh vegetables chopped on wooden toothpicks cubes (these sticks are hedgehog needles).
Marinated chicken skewers
It is important that chicken meat is well soaked in marinade of olive oil, lemon juice, mint, spices and hot peppers.
It will take:
- 1 kg of white chicken meat;
- 80 ml of olive oil;
- 1-2 lemons (depending on size);
- 1-2 chilli pods;
- 2 handfuls of chopped fresh mint;
- 200 grams of natural yogurt;
- 1 bunch of mint for sauce;
- season to taste.
Time: 35 minutes. Portion value: 198 kcal.
How to cook:
- Dice chicken pulp, season to taste, add lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, chopped chili pepper, mint leaves. Mix well, pickle for half an hour.
- Prepare wooden skewers, lowering them for 10 minutes in cold water. Then strung slices of meat on skewers, cooked in a preheated oven.
Tip: while the skewers are in the oven, you can make a sauce: mix natural yogurt with crushed mint leaves, 20-30 ml of lemon juice.
Homemade chicken skewers on skewers with vegetables
Light, dietary chicken meat is very susceptible to spicy herbs and spices, while chicken roasts almost instantly, it is extremely important not to overdo it in the oven. Vegetables play an important role in this recipe, they also decorate the dish with their color.
It will take:
- 1 kg of dark chicken meat from the hips;
- 2 large red onions;
- 1 pod of yellow sweet pepper;
- 1 pod of green sweet pepper.
The composition of the marinade:
- 50 ml of refined oil;
- 5 g of Georgian adjika;
- 3 g dried paprika;
- salt to taste.
Time: 45 minutes. Calories: 197 kcal.
How to cook:
- First make marinade: pour vegetable oil into a large bowl, add adjika, salt, paprika, mix thoroughly.
- Cut peeled meat into equal pieces. Place the chicken in a container, pour in the marinade, mix everything well, leave at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Peel the red onion and chop into slices. Bulgarian pepper, removing the stem with seeds, chop into small cubes.
- Send all chopped vegetables in a container to the meat, let stand a little.
- Wooden skewers pour cold water, enough to withstand 10 minutes. Then strung on them chicken, chopped vegetables, tomatoes. Fry a skewer in a hot oven, laying out on a baking sheet or form.
Tip: any fresh greens, such as parsley, dill, basil, green onions, will do for the kebabs - the options are absolutely win-win.
The best options for garnish and sauce
Ready-made kebabs to put on a dish and add a side dish. The best for a rich meat feast - vegetable salad, fresh vegetables, any greens. Baked vegetables are suitable: sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, eggplants or zucchini. More satisfying side dishes are better to choose with a neutral taste: boiled potatoes or rice.
And you can experiment with sauces by adding different spices, chopped herbs, garlic and onions. Milk sauces, tomato and garlic sauces will almost certainly suit; finely chop the garlic for the latter, mix with yogurt or kefir.
Good advice and little tricks
Even the simplest recipes have their little tricks. First of all, it is not necessary to remove all the fat that is on the pieces of chicken meat, its small amount will give juiciness. And, of course, ideally, in advance to marinate the chicken flesh, so that in half an hour it will be fed with different tastes.
Vegetables can take any that they like in baked form. They need to be washed, cleaned of stalks and seeds. Sweet peppers are better to take multi-colored, peel from zucchini, do not remove eggplants. Cut vegetables, with the exception of tomatoes and small onions, into large slices. Eggplants salt, hold for 15 minutes, so that bitterness disappeared from them.
Strung prepared vegetables on wooden skewers with meat, alternating by type and color. Tomatoes and onions strung entirely. Fry in a hot oven, pre-smearing garlic butter (chop garlic cloves, then combine with vegetable oil).
