Spicy Sweet Chicken Kabobs - Weekend Recipe

This weekend I was to be speaking at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, both Saturday and Sunday.  I had prepared my Infusions program for Saturday and Blending Herbs for Tea and Cooking for Sunday.  

Infusions is a program I love doing and created especially for the Chicago Flower and Garden Show about 5 years ago.  I decided to turn it into a book to kick off a series of small books called Herbs R Easy.  My lecture participants have consistently said that I make herbs seem easy and I realized it was a great theme.  So I brainstormed 43 different ideas that I can turn into small easy-to-read books on singular subjects all related to herbs. The books easy to digest and the instructions simple to use, making Herbs Easy.

Until we schedule a book launch, you can pick up a digital copy of my book INFUSION, first in the series Herbs R Easy, on my website. Infusion focuses on making herb flavored items, like honey, compound butter, and herbal wine or vinegar.  If you are interested in my new book, check out this link to a digital version.

This recipe is great if you make an herb infused honey, especially one made with pineapple sage or ginger. 

Spicy Sweet Chicken Kabobs

1 14-ounce can pineapple chunks, drained

1 medium red pepper  

1 Tbls vegetable oil

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup of honey, plain or herbal

1/4 tsp ginger, powdered

1/2 tsp granulated garlic

1/4 cup pineapple juice

4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves

Directions:

Cut each chicken breast into 1-inch cubes. Combine oil, soy sauce, honey, pineapple juice and powdered ginger and garlic in a large zip seal bag and add chicken. Marinade the chicken in the sauce overnight.

Dice red pepper and drain pineapple.  Then alternately thread marinated chicken, pepper and pineapple onto skewers.  Brush kabobs with any remaining marinade and discard what is left over. Broil, about 6 inches from heat source, 12 to 14 minutes, turning and brushing. 

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)

March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)

April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr)

May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)

June 2020 - StirFry Dishes (StirJun)

July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)

August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)

September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)

October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)

November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)

December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)