Categorized:
- Healthy
- Main Dish
- Mexican and Southwestern
- Poultry
Tagged:
- bell pepper
- brown sugar
- chicken
- chili powder
- chipotle pepper
- cilantro
- cumin
- garlic
- limes
- olive oil
- oranges
- yellow onion

Chicken Fajita Kebabs
Ingredients
- 2 tsp lime zest
- 3 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 3 Tbsp orange juice (mandarin or navel)
- 3 Tbsp olive oil, plus more for brushing grill
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic (3 cloves)
- 1 tsp packed brown sugar
- 2 tsp chili powder (preferably 1 tsp regular 1 tsp ancho)
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp minced canned chipotle pepper, or more to taste (about 1 pepper)
- 3 Tbsp minced fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 3/4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced into 1 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 large yellow onion peeled and diced into 1-inch chunks
- 3 bell peppers (preferably 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green), cored and diced into 1-inch pieces
Instructions
- If using wooden skewers soak in water overnight or at least 1 hour.
- In a mixing bowl whisk together lime zest, lime juice, orange juice, olive oil, garlic, brown sugar, chili powder, cumin, chipotle pepper, cilantro, salt and pepper.
- Place chicken in a gallon size resealable bag then pour marinade mixture over chicken.
- Seal bag while pressing out excess air, rub marinade over chicken and transfer to refrigerator.
- Let marinate at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours.
- Preheat grill over medium-high heat to 400 degrees.
- Thread chicken and peppers onto skewers (similar to the pattern pictured).
- Brush grill grates with oil the place skewers on grill and grill until center registers 165, about 6 minutes per side.
- Serve warm garnished with cilantro. I recommend serving over quinoa or cilantro lime rice or serve in warmed tortillas.
- Recipe source: Cooking Classy
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