18 Killer Kebab Recipes for Summer That Prove You Can Cook Anything on a Stick
There is no better time to make use of the grill than summertime. One of the quickest, simplest and tastiest ways to cook on the grill is to make kebabs. Or kabobs. Or skewers. Whatever you call them, the concept of threading ingredients on a stick and grilling them is just ingenious. Not only are kebabs easy and require very little cleanup, but you can literally put anything on them. Here are 18 chicken, fish, steak and vegetable kebab recipes for summer. Browse through them, pick your favorites and prepare to only be eating kebabs from here on out.
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Kebabs are flexible, and can easily fit varying dietary needs and tastes. Love your meat? Lamb kebabs or tender beef kebabs come calling. Vegetarian? How about mushrooms or cauliflower chunks on a stick? Pescatarian? Try some grilled shrimp or halloumi kebabs. I told you, this concept works for everyone and every ingredient.
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Amazing Kebab Recipes
Christina Holmes
Expand your summer supper repertoire with these versatile seakebabs from food guru Mark Bittman.
The Recipe Critic
Grilled spicy lime shrimp with creamy avocado cilantro sauce has a simple, yet flavorful spice marinade. The creamy avocado cilantro sauce is the perfect cool and creamy dipping sauce.
A Farm Girl's Dabbles
These sugar grilled beef and asparagus kebabs are extra delicious with sweet and salty steak bites and fresh spring asparagus.
Half Baked Harvest
In this recipe, there is delicious lamb, but there is also the most epic avocado tzatziki, oregano roasted potatoes, and hummus, feta, and pita chips.
Cravings of a Lunatic
Want a different type of kebab? Try this recipe for chicken, peach, and sausage kebabs this summer!
Half Baked Harvest
Want a taste of the Mediterranean? These grilled lamb kebabs are your answer.
Eat Well 101
Cauliflower florets are tossed in a soy, chili and oil marinade, then grilled on skewers and finished with a spicy savory-sweet sauce and toasted sesame seeds for a crunchy note.
Fit Foodie Finds
Grilling season is upon us and you need these grilled chicken fajita kebabs in your life.
Raya Malaysia
Garlic butter salmon kebabs: juicy, succulent and perfectly grilled salmon kebabs with garlic butter and lemon juice.
Joyful Healthy Eats
These balsamic chicken kabobs make a healthy paleo grilling recipe you will surely love!
Cook's Hideout
These grilled tofu tikka kebabs are 100% vegan, smoky and absolutely delicious. They are also great to serve as a light meal over rice or quinoa (or any other grain) pilaf.
Honey Sriracha Shrimp Kebabs: crazy delicious shrimp kebab with honey Sriracha butter.
Deliciously marinated steak kabobs with mushrooms and red onions grilled to a tender perfection and served with an amazing mint yogurt dip!
Naturally Ella
Fresh summer peaches grilled to perfection alongside halloumi, served with a spicy jalape?o sauce.
Lauren Caris Cooks
The different textures of the crispy tofu and the soft grilled vegetables come together perfectly with a herby, vegan yogurt sauce.
Damn Delicious
The classic shrimp boil is transformed into the tastiest kabobs yet! Can be grilled or baked and prepped in advance! Easy, right?
Cafe Delites
Hawaiian chicken bacon pineapple kebabs with a BBQ twist! Crispy bacon and chicken smothered in a hawaiian style pineapple and barbecue sauce, these skewers are so addictive!
This grilled honey chicken and sweet potatoes is a mix of sweet and spicy. It’s super quick, easy, and so delicious. The perfect recipe for warm days when turning on the oven is just not something you want to do.
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