Grilled Lemon and Garlic Chicken Skewers
Lemon and Garlic Chicken Skewers
This simple, fresh dish is packed with flavour and super easy to make. Nice and light on the wallet too.
- 1 lemon
- 2 cloves garlic – crushed
- olive oil
- extra virgin olive oil
- 4 chicken thighs – skinless, boned
- sea salt flakes and freshly ground pepper
Chop your chicken into even, small, bitesized chunks.
Using a microplane, remove the zest of 1 whole lemon, then squeeze the juice from the lemon.
Combine the lemon with the garlic, salt, pepper and a glug of olive oil in a bowl.
Toss the chicken through the mixture.
Cover the bowl and leave in the fridge overnight.
Soak 4 wooden skewers in water overnight as well.
When ready to cook, push your chicken tightly onto your skewers.
Preheat your bbq or griddle pan to very hot.
Flick a little water onto the bbq or pan – if it sizzles loudly, the pan is ready.
Place your chicken on the bbq or pan and cook until nicely charred each side.
Once cooked, remove from pan and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
While resting, thickly slice your tomato and bocconcini to 1-1.5cm slices.
Place each slice flat on a plate, with no overlaps.
Sprinkle a little sea salt over the plate and generously grind pepper over the top.
Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over your cheese and tomato.
Place 2 chicken skewers on each plate, lengthways.
Serve your bocconini and tomato in a line, along the length of the skewers, alternating slices and overlapping on the edges (see picture at top).
Sprink a little basil over the salad and serve immediately.
Serves 2
