Lemon Honey Chicken Skewers Recipe
This Lemon Honey Chicken Skewers Recipe makes one of the quickest, family friendly chicken recipes we’ve tried – you can have them ready and on the table in 20 minutes!
Lemon Honey Chicken Skewers Recipe
The full Lemon Honey Chicken Skewers recipe can be found in the recipe card below, but here are a few hints and tints for achieving the best result.
The recipe can also be easily adapted to include any vegetables that your children prefer to eat, or that are in season locally.
Whichever vegetables you choose, I would suggest cutting the vegetable and chicken pieces as uniformly in size as possible to help ensure they cook evenly.
Use a high quality, organic sesame oil if you can. If you choose to use a non-organic or non-pressed variety of sesame oil (it will generally say on the label) halve the amount mentioned as the flavor from a roasted sesame oil is very strong.
If you use wooden skewers they will need to be soaked in water for a minimum of two hours prior to using to prevent them from burning. Using metal skewers assists the food to cook quickly and more evenly, and they can be re-used over and over again.
I prefer to use an iron skillet pan or BBQ grill to make this meal as it is best to add the prepared chicken skewers to a hot pan.
Kaffir lime leaves provide additional flavor to the chicken during the cooking, however they are not a pleasant texture to eat so remove before eating.
For more easy chicken dinner recipes, check out this Chicken and Vegetable Pie or these Chicken Meatballs. Or for more great family dinner ideas, this Sausage and Rice Bake recipe and our super easy Fried Rice are family dinner winners!
Lemon Honey Chicken Skewers Recipe
This Lemon Honey Chicken Skewers Recipe makes one of the quickest, family friendly chicken recipes we've tried - ready in just 20 minutes!
Ingredients
- 400 grams chicken breast – cut into large cubes
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon good quality olive oil
- ½ capsicum – cut into squares
- 1 zucchini/courgette – cut into rounds
- 100 grams mushrooms
- 120 grams cherry tomatoes
- 8 kaffir lime leaves
- Cooking oil of choice to brush pan
Instructions
- Combine the lemon juice, honey, sesame and oils in a bowl.
- Cut the vegetables and chicken into evenly sized chunks that are large enough to thread onto the skewers.
- Add the ingredients to your skewers in random order with a kaffir lime leaf after one of the pieces of chicken.
- Brush an iron skillet or BBQ grill with a little olive oil to prevent skewers sticking.
- Once the pan is sizzling hot add the skewers and brush on some of the juice and oil.
- Turn the skewers a few times during the cooking to ensure that all of the ingredients are cooked through (about 10 minutes depending on the heat of your pan). Continue to brush on a little more juice and oil mixture as you turn them - as the pan is hot it will evaporate fast, and continuing to baste the skewers will add flavor and a caramelized coating.
- Remove the kaffir lime leaves before serving.
- Serve with garden salad.
Notes
- The recipe can be easily adapted to include any vegetables that your children prefer to eat, or that are in season locally.
- Whichever vegetables you choose, cut the vegetable and chicken pieces as uniformly in size as possible to help ensure they cook evenly.
- Use a high quality, organic sesame oil if you can. If you choose to use a non-organic or non-pressed variety of sesame oil (it will generally say on the label) halve the amount mentioned as the flavor from a roasted sesame oil is very strong.
- If you use wooden skewers they will need to be soaked in water for a minimum of two hours prior to using to prevent them from burning. Using metal skewers assists the food to cook quickly and more evenly, and they can be re-used over and over again.
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