Light, easy to cook and easily combinable with a lot of ingredients: chicken kebabs are a summer dish that can please both adults and children alike. Let's discover, together, three different cooking methods to prepare tasty chicken kebabs, perfect for an outdoor lunch, but also for a refined and elegant dinner. Whether in the oven, on the grill or on the pan, first of all follow these three tips to prepare unforgettable chicken kebabs.
How to cook kebabs in the oven
Baked kebabs, especially if paired with vegetables, are a light and healthy dish as they are cooked with little fat. For optimal cooking of kebabs in the oven, you just need to follow three quick steps:
- choose a capacious enough heat-resistant dish so that they don't overlap and coat it with a light layer of olive oil and a branch of rosemary;
- after having heated the oil to 180 degrees, place the kebabs on the roasting tin, maybe seasoning them with a little salt and, for the more daring, with some chilli pepper;
- bring the oven temperature up to 200 degrees and let them cook for about thirty minutes. Remember to turn them, from time to time, and wet them with the gravy so to guarantee an even cooking.
How to cook chicken kebabs on the grill
Picnic in open air? snacks/dinner in the garden? Kebabs cooked on the grill are definitely a perfect dish, quick to prepare and very tasty. Also in this case, you just need to follow some little tips for an optimal cooking avoiding to harden them or, which is often the case, overcooking them only on the outside. Here are three simple tricks to follow so to cook very good barbecued chicken kebabs:
- cut the meat evenly, the ideal size is around two centimetres;
- marinate the meat with a little oil, garlic and parsley. This besides seasoning the chicken is going to help you to even out the cooking;
- adjust the temperature of the grill: it must be hot at first so to guarantee a perfect browning but, during the cooking, you have to keep it medium so to cook the kebabs on the inside too without burning them on the outside.
How to cook chicken kebabs in a frying pan
Cooking in a frying pan is able to guarantee too, with little effort and in short time, very good chicken kebabs. This is the simple procedure to follow:
- Pour a drizzle of oil into a frying pan and spread it evenly over the whole surface, maybe using a paper napkin;
- When the frying pan becomes hot place the kebabs on it, making sure that they do not overlap with each other;
- Let them cook for some minutes on each side and, if you see them drying out, wet them with a little oil or the sauce from any marinade done beforehand.
Whether baked, grilled or pan-fried, so, chicken kebabs are a tasty and versatile summer recipe to make adults and children happy.
