Greek Summer Chicken Kebabs

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2-2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 -3 lemons, juice of
• 1/4 cup fresh oregano, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh mint, chopped
• 10 -15 mint leaves (additional)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 large red onion

Recipe

• 1 if using wooden or bamboo skewers soak at least 1/2 hour in advance. prepare grill to med-high heat.
• 2 cube chicken breasts into approximately 1.5" pieces. place in a zip lock bag and 1/4 cup oil, chopped herbs, lemon juice (reserve about 1 tsp juice set aside), garlic salt and pepper. press out as much air as you can and seal. allow meat to marinate for about 15-20 minutes. (reserve 2 tbs oil for brushing while grilling.).
• 3 in a small bowl whisk 2 tbs olive oil and 1 tsp lemon juice.
• 4 cut onion into large (1") chunks for skewering. skewer a piece of onion, a piece of chicken then a mint leaf. continue repeating this pattern until the skewer is nearly full. (do not push pieces together they should be a little loose on the skewer.)
• 5 grill over medium high heat (or medim high coals) turning occasionally and brushing with olive oil/lemon mixture until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
• 6 very nice served with rice pilaf and/or some grilled eggplant.