Chicken Kabobs (it's all about the Marinade!)

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I LOVE this chicken marinade recipe! 

I have been using it for years and years.  Every time I try a new recipe and am disappointed, I tell myself to just stick with the one I love!!

Don't use that bottled dressing that is full of chemicals for your marinade! Use fresh ingredients! It only takes a few minutes to throw this together!
  
Trust me, you'll be using this for your kabobs all summer long!



Chicken Kabobs

Ingredients:

Marinade:
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (with a light taste!)
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup honey
2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice (no bottled juice!!)
1 tsp. freshly grated lemon peel
2-3 cloves of garlic minced
1 tsp. finely chopped fresh parsley (or dried works fine)

1 1/2--2 lbs. chicken breasts, cut into cubes

and your favorite kabob veggies!
--baby potatoes (pre-cooked!)
--sweet onions
--peppers; red, yellow, green
--mushrooms
--onions
--zucchini
--summer squash
--pearl onions

Instructions:

In a large bowl with a lid, combine marinade ingredients.  Stir.

Add cubed chicken to bowl of marinade, cover, shake to coat chicken.

Refrigerate about 6 hours, shaking the bowl from time to time.  (I get the chicken in the marinade in the morning and then make the skewers at dinner time.)

Slide cubed chicken onto skewers (I use metal ones) alternating with vegetables.  

Spoon 1/2 of the marinade that is left in the bowl over the chicken pieces on the skewers.  Save remaining marinade!

Place skewers on a baking sheet (sprayed with non-stick spray) and put under the broiler (about 12" from coils) for 7 minutes.

Turn kabobs over, spoon remaining marinade over chicken pieces, cook another 7 minutes.

(you can cook on grill or over charcoal for same amount of time.)

Let kabobs stand for a few minutes (5) before serving!

Enjoy!!