Home Recipes The best BBQ recipes Greek Chicken Skewers Greek Chicken Skewers Quick access Ingredients Preparation Comments Ingredients Preparation Comments By: Hubert Cormier, Ph.D. in nutrition Preparation 25 min Cooking 15 min Refrigeration 0 min Freezing 0 min 6 to 8 servings Piece of cake (easy) Quick access Ingredients Preparation Comments Ingredients Preparation Comments Dietary restrictions Categories Main dishes Thematics Dinner party Greek Chicken Skewers Greek Spicy Chicken Greek chicken? Yum! Colourful and delicious, these skewers are the perfect summer recipe. Plus, Greek-style marinades are just so good! Marinate your chicken beforehand so that it can absorb all the different flavours. Then, all you will have to do is put them on wood or metal skewers along with a variety of fresh vegetables and cook them on the barbecue. SIMPLY DELICIOUS : Tasty Greek chicken skewers served with a flavourful green tzatziki sauce… it’s almost too good to be true! For some additional summer freshness, make a watermelon lemonade to serve before dinner! Bonà savoir How to prevent the wooden skewers from burning To avoid this annoying problem, soak your wooden skewers in water for at least 30 minutes. This way, they will surely not burn and you will make fantastic Greek skewers. Psst! Try to remember to let them soak at the beginning of your preparation! Otherwise, wrap the ends with aluminium foil or green onions. For an eco-friendly alternative, simply use metal skewers so you can reuse them many times. If you find it difficult to remove the food from metal skewers, simply oil them before assembling. Try these tips for successful chicken skewers! Ingredients Metric system Imperial system Chicken skewers Zucchinis, sliced - 1 pound 3 g To discover! Greek chicken marinade - 1 recipe 2 To discover! Red bell peppers, in large chunks - 3 To discover! - To discover! Red onion, in large chunks - 2 1 To discover! Feta cheese, in cubes - 400 g 400 g To discover! Tzatziki green sauce Plain Greek yogurt - 1 ½ cup 375 g To discover! cucumber, grated - ½ ½ To discover! Lemon zest and juice - ½ ½ To discover! Salt and pepper - To taste To taste To discover! Preparation Switch to cook mode Chicken skewers Step 1 Preheat the barbecue to its maximum temperature. Step 2 Assemble the skewers, alternating between vegetables, feta cheese, and marinated chicken (Greek marinade). Step 3 Cook on the barbecue, turning regularly for 15 minutes or until the chicken is well cooked. Finally, reduce the heat to finish cooking the chicken. Sauce tzatziki Step 4 In a bowl, mix together the yogurt, grated cucumber, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Like it? Share it!