Pinchos de Pollo [Video + Recipe] Chicken Skewers

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 green bell pepper

  chopped
• 1 large red onion

  chopped
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon oregano (dry, ground)
• 1 teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 bunch curly parsley

  and one bunch of cilantro if you like it
• 2½ pound chicken breast

  cut into small chunks
• 1 yellow bell pepper

  or red, diced
• 3 dozen cherry tomatoes
• 4 tablespoons olive oil

  this is optional, if you make it with Dominican sazon

Instructions

• 1 In a food processor, combine the green bell pepper, onion, garlic, oregano,
  pepper, lime juice, salt, and parsley.
  
  Grind to a coarse paste.
• 2 Coat the chicken with the seasoning. Let it rest in the refrigerator for 2
  hours.
• 3 Preheat the grill to maximum temperature.
  
  While it is heating up, skewer a yellow bell pepper, chicken, and tomatoes
  alternating. Repeat to make 12 skewers.
• 4 Place the skewers on the grill and cook covered for 7 minutes, turn and repeat
  for another 7 minutes, or until the meat thermometer reads 165ºF [74 ºC] by
  measuring in the center of a piece of meat. The meat will have some browned
  spots.
  
  The process is the same whether using a gas, charcoal or stovetop grill.
• 5 Remove from the grill, drizzle or brush with olive oil (optional), and serve
  immediately.

Nutrition Info