Tender chicken, fresh veggies, and a tangy honey mustard glaze come together in this Honey Mustard Chicken Skewer Marinade recipe. This will be your new favorite summer grilling meal. With minimal ingredients, this dish can be prepared in under 30 minutes.
What Is A Chicken Skewer?
A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. The word may sometimes be used as a metonym, to refer to the entire food item served on a skewer, as in “chicken skewers”.
What Do I Need To Prepare Honey Mustard Chicken Skewer Marinade?
You'll need to following:
- chicken breast
- canola oil (We like Mazola)
- honey
- yellow mustard
- chili powder
- salt and pepper
- zucchini
- bell pepper
- red onion
Tell Me How To Make It!
- For marinade - combine oil, mustard, honey, salt, pepper, and chili powder in a small bowl.
- Whisk to combine.
- Reserve half of the marinade.
- Cut your chicken breast into bite sized pieces.
- Transfer them to a large bowl with a lid, or a zipper plastic bag. Pour ½ of marinade over the top and reserve the remainder. Toss chicken in marinade until well coated. Refrigerate for 3 hours - up to overnight.
- Dice your veggies.
- Lace them onto skewers, alternating veggies, and marinaded chicken.
- Cook on a pre-heated medium-high heat grill. Turn every 3-4 minutes until internal temperature of chicken is 165 degrees.
- During last 2-3 minutes of cooking, brush on your reserved marinade.
- Serve immediately.
Pro Tip: If using wooden skewers, soak them in water for 30 minutes before using. This will help you avoid burning.
Honey Mustard Chicken Skewer Marinade Q & A
How much chicken per skewers do I need?
Use about 3 ounces of chicken per skewer.
Do you recommend metal or wooden skewers?
I like metal skewers because I can use them over and over again. They also don't burn while cooking.
How long should I marinate my chicken?
You can marinate it for 3 -18 hours. I like to do mine overnight.
What Should I Serve With My Skewers?
I recommend serving your skewers with one of the following:
- a cous cous salad
- rice
- cucumber salad
Another helpful hint
Use a grilling sheet such as this Cookina Resusable Grilling Sheet, and lucky you it can be found at all Home Depot stores nationwide! The grilling sheet is basically a thin mat that you lay over your grill. Great for veggies or smaller items that might fall through too. When you are using glazes, they tend to drip down into your grill. Using a grilling sheet covers the grates so that the extra glaze can't escape to the flames and cause all sorts of smoking.
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Honey Mustard Chicken Skewer Marinade
Ingredients
Shish Kabobs
- 3 chicken breasts
- 1 zucchini
- ½ red onion
- 1 green bell pepper
Honey Mustard Glaze
- ½ cup corn oil
- ½ cup Honey
- ⅓ cup yellow mustard
- ½ teaspoon Chili Powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- For marinade - combine oil, mustard, honey, salt, pepper, and chili powder in a small bowl. Whisk to combine
- Cut your chicken breast into bite sized pieces. Transfer them to a large bowl with a lid, or a zipper plastic bag. Pour ½ of marinade over the top and reserve the remainder. Toss chicken in marinade until well coated. Refrigerate for 3 hours - up to overnight.
- Dice your veggies and lace them onto skewers, alternating veggies, and marinaded chicken.
- Cook on a pre-heated medium-high heat grill. Turn every 3-4 minutes until internal temperature of chicken is 165 degrees.
- During last 2-3 minutes of cooking, brush on your reserved marinade.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Erin V says
shish kabobs isn't just a fun word to say, they look so dang good to eat!!!!