Pineapple Chicken Kabobs With A Honey Ginger And Lime Marinade Food

CHICKEN AND PINEAPPLE KABOBS

Steps:

• Heat a gas or charcoal grill to medium-high heat
• Serve the kabobs Remove from the grill immediately (so they don't dry out). Serve grilled kabobs with yogurt sauce and either rice or couscous. Leftover kabobs will keep great for a few days in the fridge, and you can reheat them on a medium-low grill or in a 350 ̊F oven until warmed through, about 5 minutes.

LIME-GINGER CHICKEN KABOBS WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat chicken thighs dry with a paper towel, cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks, and sprinkle with salt.
• Stir mayonnaise, lime zest, ginger, salt, and pepper for the marinade in a bowl until smooth. Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag, add marinade, seal, and massage the bag until all the chicken pieces are coated. Place in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 2 hours, or up to overnight.
• Soak 6-inch wooden skewers in a bowl of water for at least 30 minutes.
• Whisk peanut butter, lime juice, soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, and sambal oelek together in a bowl. Slowly whisk in small amounts of warm water until dipping sauce reaches the desired consistency; set aside.
• Heat the grill to medium-high and oil the grate.
• Remove chicken from the marinade and thread chicken onto the skewers; discard marinade.
• Place skewers on the hot grill and cook until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear, 10 to 12 minutes, lowering the heat if chicken is browning too fast. Turn skewers as often as necessary for even browning, and to keep the chicken from burning.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with fresh lime wedges and peanut sauce for dipping.

SHRIMP, PEPPER AND MANGO KABOBS IN GINGER MARINADE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together ginger, garlic, rice wine vinegar, lime juice, brown sugar, oil, sesame oil, and cilantro. Add the shrimp. Toss to coat shrimp; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Remove shrimp from marinade. Pour marinade into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for one full minute. Remove from heat.
• Alternately thread shrimp, scallions, peppers and mango on skewers. Place skewers in center of cooking grate. Grill 4 to 6 minutes until shrimp turn pink and opaque, turning once halfway through grilling time, basting with reserved marinade. Serve warm over rice.

HONEY GINGER CHICKEN WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Twist crow off of pineapple, Cut pineapple in half lengthwise. Save one half in refrigerator for later use. Remove the core from remaining half and cut fruit from shell with a knife, then into chunks.
• Pound chicken to 1/2 in thickeness and season with salt and pepper.
• Warm olive oil in large pan.
• Add garlic and onion and saute until soft.
• Add chicken and brown on both sides.
• Combine water, honey, sherry and add to pan.
• Cover and simmer for about 8 minutes.
• Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
• Mix cornstarch withpineapple juice, lime juice, and peel; stir into pan along with the bell peppers. Cook until sauce boils and thickens.
• Add pineapple and heat.
• Spoon over chicken.
• Serve immediately over brown rice.

PINEAPPLE BEEF KABOBS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine first six ingredients. Pour 3/4 cup into a large resealable plastic bag; add beef. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate 1-4 hours. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting. , Drain and discard marinade. On 12 metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread the beef, pineapple, mushrooms, peppers and onion. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long-handled tongs rub on grill rack to coat lightly., Grill, covered, over medium-hot heat 8-10 minutes or until meat reaches desired doneness, turning occasionally and basting frequently with reserved marinade., Cook rice according to package directions; serve with kabobs.

PINEAPPLE CHICKEN MARINADE

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pans heat the juice, brown sugar and soy sauce. Remove from heat just before it boils. Let it cool a 5-10 minutes.
• Place chicken in a bowl or baggie and cover with marinade and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Remove chicken for marinade and cook. Do not rinse. We have grilled, baked and used our "Set it & forget it.".

GINGER-LIME MARINADE FOR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together with a hand held blender or food processor Marinate the chicken for at least 2 hours then grill, BBQ or bake.