For those who love cooking, experimenting with new cuisines and dishes is quite an interesting aspect to follow. It is not always that you would want to try something new and exotic when it comes to food. However, special occasions or a get together definitely make you want to get hang of exclusive recipes in hand.
One of the chicken recipes which you can try as a starter or even as a part of the main course is the mouth watering delicacy known as Hawaiian Chicken Kobobs. It is one of the delicious appetizers that your guests are going to love. It is also quite nutritious for the body. To know about a simple way to prepare it, check this health and food guide below for the recipe: –
Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs
Preparation Time: – 10 minutes
Cooking Time: – 20 minutes
Total Preparation Time: – 2 hours 30 minutes
Level of Difficulty: – Medium
Serves: – 8
The List of Ingredients Needed
Soy Sauce: – 3 tablespoons
Brown Sugar: – 3 tablespoons
Sherry: – 2 tablespoons
Sesame Oil: – 1 tablespoon
Ground Ginger: – ¼ teaspoon
Garlic Powder: – ¼ teaspoon
Skinless, Boneless Chicken Breast Halves: – 8, cut into 2 inch pieces
Pineapple Chunks: – 1 can, drained
Skewers
Make sure all the ingredients used are fresh especially the chicken which is the main part of the dish. Along with this, make sure all the other products are also of top quality if you are looking for good health as well as enhanced taste.
Method of Preparation
Take a shallow glass dish and mix in soy sauce, sherry, brown sugar, sesame oil, and ginger and garlic powder in it properly. The next step is to take equal sized pieces of pineapples and chicken and put them in the mixture until well coated. This is the marinade of the kobobs.
Now cover the dish and let it marinate. This should be kept in the refrigerator for about 2 hours before you use it further. Now the grill should be preheated on medium to high heat for sometime. The grill grate should be oiled a little. Take individual skewers and thread in the chicken and pineapple alternatively.
This should now be places on the griller for the next 15-20 minutes. Make sure you keep on turning the skewers for even cooking from all sides. You can also wait until the juices of the chicken run clear. That is when you will know that the kobobs are ready.
Serve hot with your favorite garlic, mint or coriander chutney.
Tips for Preparation
Do not use opened can of pineapple for the kobobs. This can really leave a negative impact on the taste of the dish. Already opened pineapple cans usually have a stale smell in it. Along with this, make sure you have the sufficient time in hand for marinating the chicken and pineapple.
This is one important phase of the cooking that cannot be avoided and that takes minimum of 2 hours of time. Keep that in hand and leave it for marinating a long time before you plan to serve it.
