BBQ Chicken with Veggie Skewers

My son had an important ball game last night and I wanted to make him something that he would want, eat and help give him energy! BBQ chicken is what he wanted. Of course, he didn't touch the vegetables, but he did eat the tator tots I fixed for him.

BBQ chicken. Easy right? There are so many different ways to do it. I have tried so many. I have read books, watched shows and went on line. Just never got the flavor that I wanted out of it. So I decided to take matters into my own hands last night and just do it the way I always thought would be good.

So I started with boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I lightly seasoned both sides with season salt and ground pepper. I took them out to the grill and put them on it. I let it cook on one side for about 2 min. and then I turned it over. I basted the cooked side with BBQ sauce. Same thing on the other side. Let it cook about 2 min. and then turned it and basted with BBQ sauce. Now there are people out there that are totally against turning your grilled food very much. I like to turn it. I think it helps keep it from getting to done to fast. Think about it, rotisserie chicken turns all the time and it's sooooo juicy! Anyhoo, I kept turning it a lot. Every time I turned the chicken I basted it. Again, I used my favorite BBQ sauce and you can use yours. I just kept doing that until I thought the chicken was done. Do I have a time? No! I had 3 different size breasts and I knew they wouldn't cook at the same time. Once I thought they were done, I cut into the largest to see if it was done. Not a huge cut, but enough to see that it was done and juicy! Now, I'm not done yet! I basted it one last time, let it sit for about 45 seconds on a very hot part of the grill and then turned, basted and let it sit for 45 second. Took them off and brought them in. They were great and had TONS of flavour. Everyone liked them a lot. Even the grill master a.k.a my husband. Now about these Vegetable skewers.

I love grilled vegetables! I have to admit, onion is my favorite next to yellow, summer squash. I took my little bamboo skewers and soaked them for about 30min. While they were soaking I cut up a sweet yellow onion, green pepper, red pepper, zucchini and of course, summer squash. Alternating them, I put them on the skewers. I put them on the grill about 5 min. after I started the chicken. I like them done, but not burnt! Once I set them on the grill, I lightly basted them ONLY ONCE with a raspberry walnut balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Just gave those veggies a little UMPH! They were juicy as well. The smell was so wonderful! When I served the chicken, I pulled the veggies off the skewers and put them on the plate next to the chicken. The red of the BBQ sauce mixed with the colors of the veggies was so pretty.

I hope you enjoy this and will try it sometime. You will have to let me know what you think if you do. Enjoy my friend.
Kathy!