Devilishly Divine Tropical Kabobs With A Devious Twist Food

DEVILISHLY DIVINE TROPICAL KABOBS WITH A DEVIOUS TWIST

Steps:

• Mix together olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey, Jamaican seasoning, and lime juice in a large glass bowl. Add meat and stir to coat. Let marinate for an hour or two.
• In another bowl, mix pineapple and mango with the rum. Let sit for an hour or two, stirring occasionally.
• Heat grill to medium low.
• Thread meats onto skewers, alternating with fruit and vegetables.
• Grill on medium low for about 20 minutes or until meats are cooked through.
• Serve with long grain/wild rice mixture and wedges of lime to squeeze over kabobs.

TROPICAL FRUIT KEBABS

Steps:

• 1. Soak eight 8-inch bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes. Heat a grill to medium low.
• 2. Place butter in a small skillet. Split vanilla bean and scrape seeds onto butter and mash with back a spoon. Add scraped pod and melt butter over low heat. Remove from heat and set aside to steep.
• 3. Heat cream of coconut and heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until chocolate is melted and smooth. Stir in lime zest. Set aside.
• 4. Cut mango and papaya into 2-inch chunks and alternately thread onto skewers. Brush lightly with vanilla butter and grill until fruit is lightly charred, turning as needed, about 5 minutes per side. Serve with chocolate sauce.

GRILLED TROPICAL KEBABS - SHISH KEBABS OR SHISH KABOBS

Steps:

• Mix together marinade ingredients; reserve 2 tbsp of marinade for brushing on while grilling and set aside.
• Cut meat into bite size cubes.
• Place meat in marinade, cover, and refrigerate for at least two hours, stirring occasionally.
• Cut pineapple into bite size chunks.
• Place meat and pineapple chunks/pepper/onion/tomato alternately on water-soaked skewers.
• Grill or broil shish kabobs until done, about 10-15 minutes, turning occasionally and brushing with reserved marinade.
• Good with beef and pork, too!

TROPICAL FRUIT KABOBS WITH COCONUT ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat the honey and cinnamon stick in a small saucepan over low heat. When hot (but not boiling) remove from heat and set aside.
• Peel and slice banana. Brush the slices lightly with lemon juice to stop fruit from browning.
• Add one slice each of banana, star fruit, papaya or mango, and kiwifruit to each skewer. Brush fruit on skewers with the cinnamon-honey mixture.
• To serve, spoon ice cream into serving dishes, sprinkle with toasted coconut. Top ice cream with kabobs.
• Makes 6 servings.