Tender, flavorful chicken and vegetables glazed in a rich glaze with North African inspired flavors. Complete these delicious and easy kebabs with a garlicky herb yogurt drizzle for a fabulous meal that is great to serve at your next al fresco dinner party!

RECIPE NOTES

This recipe, as well as our Caribbean inspired grilled chicken recipe, are lower in sodium and sugar than ordinary marinades and grilling sauces, and anything but ordinary!
This recipe is naturally gluten-free.
You can make this recipe Paleo-friendly by making the drizzle with tahini in place of yogurt, and add 2 more tablespoons of lemon juice.
You can make this recipe Whole30-friendly by swapping out for the tahini drizzle, above, and leave the honey out of the glaze. If you’d still like a sweet-savory glaze you can mix 1 date, finely minced into a paste, with the North African cooking sauce.

Enjoy!

North African Inspired Chicken and Vegetable Kebabs

This would be delicious on a bed of hot cooked rice or couscous.

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Servings 4

Ingredients

For the marinade

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts
1/2 onion cut into large dice
2 medium zucchini sliced 1/2" thick *add/substitute any other vegetables you like! Eggplant, bell peppers are great, too
3 Tb Mesa de Vida North African Inspired Cooking & Seasoning Sauce
2 tsp healthy oil of your choice
juice from 1 lemon
salt to taste *Our cooking and seasoning sauces are extremely low in sodium, allowing you to salt to your own tastes/health preferences. Salt does help the flavors permeate the meat, so I recommend a pinch or two to help the marinade really sink into the meat for this quick marinating process.

For the glaze

3 Tb Mesa de Vida North African Inspired Cooking & Seasoning Sauce
salt to taste
2 tsp honey

For the garlicky herb yogurt drizzle

1 cup plain yogurt Greek yogurt produces a thicker sauce, regular plain yogurt produces a thinner, dressing-like drizzle
1-2 garlic cloves peeled
1/4 cup fresh herbs – I like a combination of basil, cilantro and mint. Parsley also is great. Use any/all that you have on hand
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
salt to taste

Instructions

Combine the first set of ingredients, mix well to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate for 15-30 minutes at room temperature.
While the meat marinates, add the garlicky herb yogurt ingredients into a blender or food processor, blend until smooth. Set aside until serving.
After the meat has marinated, thread the meat and vegetables onto skewers.
Heat your grill to medium heat, about 350. Add the kebabs, cook until about 75% cooked through on each side.
Brush the additional sauce on as a glaze to each side of the kebabs. Finish cooking through, allowing the sauce to caramelize just a bit.
Rest the meat for 5-10 minutes under a foil tent before serving. Drizzle with the garlicky herb yogurt, serve and enjoy!