Low Fat Chicken Kabobs
photo by justcallmetoni
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 pinch saffron thread
- 3⁄4 cup plain nonfat yogurt
- 1 tablespoon chopped of fresh mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint
- 1 small shallot, minced
- 1 clove fresh garlic, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken breast tenders, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubed pieces
directions
- Put saffron in a small cup with 2 tbsp hot water.
- Let soak for a few minutes.
- In a large shallow dish, combine yogurt, mint, shallot, fresh and granulated garlic.
- Add saffron and soaking liquid.
- Add chicken pieces; cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes and up to 12 hours.
- Light an outdoor grill or heat a stovetop grill pan.
- Thread the marinated chicken pieces onto skewers.
- Grill kebabs until chicken is no longer pink in the middle, about 5 minutes per side.
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Reviews
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Made this recipe for dinner last night and it was fabulous. I did make a couple small changes as an extra tablespoon of yogurt and mint and I also used 2 shallots and 2 cloves of garlic. Marinated the chicken for around 6 hours and then added whole baby bella mushrooms and sliced green pepper before I put it on the skewers. I made sure the vegetables were covered with the marinade as well. Chicken was tender and delicious and we enjoyed this very much and will be making it again.
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I think this has great possibilities but would probably tinker a bit more. Even the tiny amount of safron specified here seemed to overwhelm the other flavors in the marinade. I made a half batch and would suggest no more than 2 or 3 threads for a full one - this coming from someone who really like saffron. The combination of mint, shallots and saffron was quite good though a bit off balance for me. Glad to have come across this recipe and hope that others will give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing.