Thursday, August 19, 2010

Chicken Kebabs

The phrase kebab is Persian in origin and translated means "fried meat". Arabic tradition has it that the dish was invented by medieval Iranic who used their swords to cook meat over an open fire. There are many variations of kebabs, the one we are used to here in the U.S. is a Shish from the Turkish word meaning to skewer. Since this is a Persian dish originally the traditional meat used is Lamb, but any meat can be used. I chose to do Chicken. For this recipe you will need:
6 Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 Green Bell Pepper
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Large Yellow Onion
Cherry Tomatoes1 Bottle Tuscan Italian Dressing
Cut the Chicken, Peppers, and Onion into about 1 inch squares, put into a large mixing bowl with Tomatoes and Dressing. Marinate for about 30 minutes to an hour. If you are using Bamboo Skewers soak in water for an hour before using them, if you are using metal spray with cooking spray before putting the ingredients on. I used cast iron stove top grill, the only problem with that is the marinade puts off a lot of smoke. Get your grill hot and start putting the ingredients on the skewers and put on the grill turning every three to four minutes to make sure all sides touch the grill. Now with Chicken it could take longer to cook, just because you want to make sure it gets cooked through (no such thing as a nice medium rare piece of Chicken). Then there is nothing left to do but eat, oh yeah another warning, be careful biting into the tomatoes, the juices inside are really, really hot.

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