Caribbean Citrus Habanero Chicken Skewers
Taste the Caribbean in these citrus habanero chicken skewers... marinated chicken, onions, peppers, and pineapple.. all grilled to smoky charred perfection!
Servings: 4 -6 servings
Ingredients
- 8-9 pieces boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced into 1"
- 2 pieces yellow or sweet onions diced into 1"
- 2 pieces red or green bell peppers diced into 1"
- pieces Fresh pineapple diced into 1" (I bought some already diced from my grocery store)
- MARINADE:
- 3 tsp orange zest
- 1 1/2 cup orange juice fresh is best, but good quality bottled juice is okay
- 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 10 cloves garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp El Yucateco Caribbean Hot Sauce more or less for your tastes
- 2 1/2 tsp fresh thyme minced
- 1 1/2 tsp fresh oregano minced
- 5 Tbsp honey more or less to your tastes
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add marinade ingredients and whisk to combine well. Remove about 1/3 cup and place into an airtight container and refrigerate. Set aside the remaining marinade.
- Trim chicken breasts of fat and dice into 1" pieces.
- Add to bowl with the marinade and toss to coat. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours.
- Dice onion, pepper and pineapple into 1" pieces and set aside.
- Preheat grill over MED heat.
- Make skewers by alternating chicken, onion, bell pepper and pineapple.
- Grill, basting with reserved marinade, for several minutes per side, until chicken is cooked through.
Notes
** if you're going to be basting with the marinade that had RAW chicken in it, you need to boil it for 10 minutes before basting with it!
** Recipe makes enough to feed a crowd, but can be halved for an average family size
** these go amazingly well with some tropical pineapple coconut cashew rice
** Recipe makes enough to feed a crowd, but can be halved for an average family size
** these go amazingly well with some tropical pineapple coconut cashew rice