Sizzling Sweet Potato Skewers
Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 6
- 4 large skinless chicken breasts, cut into 2 . 5cm cubes
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 . 5cm cubes
- fresh bay leaf
- 2 tablespoons honey or 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 skewers
- 1 -2 chili pepper, depending on how spicy you like your food (or more)
- 5 sprigs thyme
- 2 spring onions
- fresh ginger
- 3 tablespoons honey
- cracked black pepper
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 raw beetroot
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1 orange
- 1 bunch flat leaf parsley
- 1 fresh mint
- 5 -8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- sea salt (optional)
- cracked black pepper
- 2 oranges, juice of
Recipe
- 1 method.
- 2 cut the chillies, spring onions, thyme and ginger into thin strips and place into a large bowl.
- 3 add the honey, orange juice and black pepper and mix well.
- 4 add the chicken and gently mix together, marinating the chicken well. cover and place in the fridge for at least one hour.
- 5 cook the cubed sweet potatoes in boiling water for 4 minutes, drain and set aside.
- 6 cook the chicken on a griddle pan or on a bbq until juices run clear, turning frequently. drain and reserve the marinade when cooked.
- 7 build the skewers, alternating between chicken, sweet potato and bay leaves.
- 8 pour the reserve marinade in a pan with honey or sugar, bring to the boil and turn the heat down to reduce the marinade to thick syrup.
- 9 coat the chicken with the marinade and serve with a sweet potato salad on the side.
- 10 to prepare the salad , peel and slice the beetroot and then place in a bowl of cold water.
- 11 peel the sweet potato into strips, and place in a large bowl with sliced fennel and orange segments. drain and dry the beetroot and combine together.
- 12 add the mint and parsley together with the seasoning and serve.
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