Hawaiian Chicken Kebabs

I love grilling kebabs. They are quick and easy and hard to mess up. This one has a lot of flavor and is one of my favorite recipes for chicken kebabs. Here's the recipe:

Hawaiian Chicken Kebabs

Yield: About 9 - 10 kebabs

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice
• 4 Tbsp olive oil, divided, plus more for brushing grill
• 1 1/2 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 4 garlic cloves, minced (4 tsp)
• 1 Tbsp minced ginger
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 3/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, chopped into 1 1/4-inch cubes
• 3 cups (heaping) fresh cubed pineapple (about 3/4 of 3 lb pineapple)
• 1 1/2 large green peppers, diced into 1 1/4-inch pieces
• 1 large red onion, diced into 1 1/4-inch pieces

Directions

• In a mixing bowl whisk together ketchup, brown sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice, 2 Tbsp olive oil, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger and sesame oil. Stir in 3/4 tsp pepper and season with salt if desired. Place chicken in a gallon size resealable bag. Reserve 1/2 cup of the marinade in refrigerator then pour remaining marinade over chicken. Seal bag and refrigerate 3 hours (meanwhile soak 10 wooden skewer sticks in water for 1 hour).
• Preheat a grill over medium heat to 400 degrees. Meanwhile, drizzle remaining 2 Tbsp olive oil over red onion, bell pepper and pineapple and toss. Season red onion and bell pepper with salt and pepper, then thread red onion, bell pepper, pineapple and chicken onto skewers until all of the chicken has been used. Brush grill grates with olive oil then place skewers on grill. Grill 5 minutes then brush along tops with 1/4 cup of remaining marinade. Rotate to opposite side and brush remaining 1/4 cup of marinade on opposite side and allow to grill about 4 minutes longer, or until chicken registers 165 degrees in center on an instant read thermometer. Serve warm.

I pretty much separated the different foods since I have a family of picky eaters. ;-) Also, I didn't brush the marinade on the kebabs while they were grilling and it turned out just fine. There was plenty of flavor just from marinating for a few hours before I grilled. Oh, and I used regular light brown sugar instead of dark brown sugar since I never use dark brown. Still turned out great. I highly recommend this - especially with the pineapple. Mmm!