Chicken Kebabs With Thai Chili Plum Glaze

This Asian-style chicken kebab recipe gets a sweet, caramelized flavor from the Thai chile glaze brushed on the chicken while it’s grilling. You’ll definitely want to make a double batch of the glaze recipe and set some aside for dipping. It’s also delicious made with apricot or blackberry preserves. (If you are using a jam that has seeds, push the jam through a strainer to remove, or make your own jam by juicing first to remove the seeds).

To Make Ahead
Cover and refrigerate glaze for up to 1 week with sriracha mixed in.

Tips
Once the grill is heated, oil a folded paper towel, hold it with tongs and rub it over the hot rack right before placing the chicken on the grill.

Ingredients

Glaze
1 tablespoon canola oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
1/2 cup plum preserves
2 teaspoons sriracha or other hot sauce
1 teaspoon fish sauce

Chicken
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts, trimmed
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Directions

To prepare glaze: Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring often, until starting to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in preserves and cook until dissolved and hot, about 2 minutes. Add hot sauce and cook 30 seconds more. Remove from heat and stir in fish sauce.

To prepare skewers: Preheat a gas grill to medium or build a fire in a charcoal grill and let it burn down to medium heat (about 400°F).
Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces (about 48 pieces). Combine with oil in a medium bowl. Thread onto 8 skewers (about 6 pieces per skewer). Season with salt and pepper.
Oil the grill rack (see Tip). Grill the chicken, with the lid closed, until lightly browned on the bottom. Brush with 1/4 cup of the glaze and turn over. Close the lid and grill for 4 minutes more. Brush the remaining glaze over the top, close the lid once more and grill until the chicken is cooked through, 2 to 4 more minutes.

More Info

Servings / Yield: 8
Prep Time: 45   /   Total Time: 45
Category: Main Dish
Keywords: chicken kebab thai chili sriracha