These simple Italian Grilled Chicken Kabobs are easy to put together and so delicious! This is a perfect summer grilling recipe to make again and again. Plus, it’s an easy and healthy recipe. Let’s get right to it. Here’s the recipe you came for!
Italian Chicken Kabob Recipe
Ingredients
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
3 Red Bell Peppers
2 Red Onions
2 Good Seasons Italian Salad Dressing & Recipe Mix (plus the vinegar and olive oil this calls for)
Metal Skewers – you can use wood skewers and pre-soak them in water, but I prefer metal skewers. I found this set of 4 skewers at Target for $5.00.
Sprinkle of this McCormick Himalayan Pink Salt, Black Pepper, and Garlic Seasoning on each kabob. I buy this at Target too!
Instructions
- The first step is to make the Italian dressing you’ll use as the marinade. Follow the instructions on the Good Seasons box and prepare the fresh Italian dressing as noted. You could easily just buy a bottle of Italian dressing, but I think this one is the best. Make one packet for the chicken marinade and one packet for the vegetable marinade. (Tip: Make a third packet if you’re planning to have salad too!)
- Slice the boneless skinless chicken breasts into cubes. A size of about 1″ x 1″ works best because you don’t want them too small and falling off. Pour one serving of the Italian dressing marinade into a gallon size Ziploc bag and add the chicken cubes here.
- Marinate the chicken for at least an 30 minutes to 1 hour for a good taste of the flavors, or up to 8 hours.
- Wash the red bell peppers and slice into 1″ x 1″ squares. Set aside.
- Slice and peel the red onions.
- Cut red onion into 1″ x 1″ squares and leave in stacked sections as shown in the photo below.
- Place the onions and peppers into a container and pour the second serving of the Italian dressing marinade onto the vegetables to marinate for at least 15 minutes.
- Start placing food onto grilling skewers in a pattern: Red Pepper, Chicken Cube, Red Onion Stack, Chicken Cube and repeat . . .
- Sprinkle with seasoning for some extra flavor.
- Grill on each side for 5-8 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Tips
Making your Italian dressing with these seasoning packets is a really simple task, and it tastes so much better than a bottle of dressing. Simply mix in vinegar and olive oil and shake! It’s really that easy. I like to use this for marinades and salad dressing. I like to buy the multi pack of 4 from Target so I always have a packet on hand.
This can be a low-carb meal by pairing with an Italian salad. You can also pair these Italian Grilled Chicken Kabobs with pasta or risoto for a delicious, filling meal.
Stacking the onions makes the process of loading the skewers very simple, so that’s why I like to do it this way. They cook evenly and taste so good grilled.
These metal skewers from Target are designed with a flat surface so the chicken and vegetables don’t spin as you turn them on the grill.
I fit 5 pieces of chicken on each skewer with vegetables in between, but I could have fit a bit more. The skewers have quite a bit of room.
Chicken kabobs is one of my go-to grilling recipes in the summer. It takes a bit of time to prepare them, but cooking goes pretty quickly. Once they are fully cooked, I slide the chicken and vegetables off onto a plate so it’s ready to eat.
For a low-carb dinner, I simply paired these Italian Grilled Chicken Kabobs with a side Italian salad. Using a mixed greens salad mix, I topped with sliced red onion, roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts, and crumbled goat cheese. Then I topped it all off with more of the Italian dressing I made earlier.
If you don’t like goat cheese, you could use parmesan instead. You could also add black olives or cucumber if you’d like. This salad is simple and quick to put together!
A great wine pairing is this La Crema Chardonnay. The only thing that can top off this delicious meal and glass of wine is to enjoy it outdoors!
This Italian Grilled Chicken Kabob Recipe is a summer favorite for chicken recipes and grilling recipes. It's so satisfying to enjoy such a delicious meal that was easy to make!
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