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Maple Whisky Chicken Skewers

Maple Whiskey Chicken Skewers recipe by Winnipeg Registered dietitian Susan Watson
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Maple Whisky Chicken Skewers

Maple Whiskey Chicken Skewers, recipe from Susan Watson, Winnipeg Dietitian

This is truly an amazing recipe, adapted from the recipe book called Great Tastes of Manitoba (2009).

The nutrition facts are pretty accurate if you use up all the marinade, but I do find that I have some marinade left over, so the facts are as close as possible.

I served this recipe with brown rice and a side spinach salad, but the chicken would taste great in quite a few different meal combinations.

 

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This recipe has 3 great meal prep. features:

1.  You can prep. the chicken in the marinade the night before, and then cook it up when you get home.

2. You can batch prep. 2 or 3 extra meals, by making up a lot of the chicken and marinade (in a few resealable plastic bags) and storing them in the freezer. The day before you want to cook the chicken, you can take out on bag from the freezer, and let it thaw in your fridge. As you do this, the marinade will be working its wonders. 

3. You can cook up an entire bbq full of the marinaded chicken, let it cool and then store the cooked chicken in freezer bags. This is a great option for busy work week dinner nights. You will either have pre-cooked chicken ready to plate in the fridge, or be able to take out some pre-cooked chicken out of the freezer, thaw it and you have chicken ready to go for any meal!

In the recipe I use Braggs All-Purpose liquid soy seasoning, as it is lower in sodium than most soy sauces, but you can use a reduced sodium soy sauce if you want to. I buy this product at Superstore or Bulk Barn, but it is available in most grocery stores. Its is also gluten free.

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 BTW do you say Whiskey or Whisky?

 

The people over at The Kitchn sum up the difference between Whiskey or Whisky quite nicely.

 Enough rambling, here is the recipe!

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Maple Whisky Skewers

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Description

A great blend of flavours for grilling chicken

Ingredients

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  • 1 lb Chicken, Breast, Meat Only, Raw-3 Large Chicken Breast (7-8oz Each)
  • 1/4 cup Braggs All purpose Liquid Soy
  • 1/4 cup Whisky
  • 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
  • 2 clove Garlic, Raw
  • 1/2 cup Onion, Raw, Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Basil, Dried, Leaves
  • 1 tsp Pepper, Black, Ground

Instructions

  1. Cut chicken breasts into cubes and place in a resealable plastic bag. Combine marinade ingredients and pour over chicken.
  2. Close bag and refrigerate up to 24 hours or for a minimum of 3 hours.
  3. Strain marinade into a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover saucepan and continue boiling marinade for 7 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
  4. If using bamboo skewers, soak in water for 30 minutes. Preheat oven broiler or barbecue. Thread marinated chicken onto skewers. Broil or grill the chicken for 7 to 10 minutes per side, basting frequently with reserved marinade, until chicken is no longer pink inside. Serve with white or wild rice and grilled vegetables.

Notes

  • Did you know: For convenient make-ahead meals, you can freeze chicken in marinade. Put chicken and your favourite marinade in a resealable plastic bag, squeeze the air out, close the bag and freeze. The chicken will marinate as it defrosts overnight in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 6

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Note: As mentioned, if you don’t use all the marinade, the numbers above will be a bit lower. 

 

This recipe can be fun to make with kids at any age. If they are older, you can get them helping you thread the skewers. But my little ones love to help “mush” the marinade into the chicken, or shake the bag…make sure it is sealed well 🙂

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Well I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! 

Enjoy!

~Susan

 

 

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