All Posts Tagged 'skewers' (7)

Savory, spicy, salty, sour, and with a hint of sweet from the honey,this shrimp dish hits all the right notes! I don't know what it is about cooking shrimp on a skewer, but it makes me think of summer time.The idea behind the marinade was to create the same flavors…

Yields 16-18 kebabs



Ingredients:



For kebabs:



2 pounds boneless chicken breasts, fat removed, cut into 1½-inch cubes

½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons sweet paprika

½ teaspoons ground black pepper…

In the aftermath of the Black Plague, sausages gained popularity throughout Spain and the rest of Europe.  The inhabitants learned that smoked sausage could last longer and stretch farther than fresh meat,and the…

Camarones Brochette is a highly popular item on Mexican/Tex-Mex restaurant menus. Grilled shrimp infused with jalapeno and bacon flavors makes a mouth-watering appetizer that may compel you to turn it into a meal. The term "brochette," which means skewer, is actually French (as in "en brochette") and no one knows exactly how that became the description of choice. Go further south and you might find them called pinchos, although that…

The practice in Spain for the last meal the day consists of eating small dishes. The evening fare usually consists of what is known as tapas. It doesn’t matter whether you are in Spain’s far north in the Pyrenees or southern Spain near Gibraltar, the tapas is a ritual after dusk in lieu of a large dinner.

As with many cultural habits in Spain, folklore takes precedence in…

Call them kabobs, skewers, pinchos, or anticuchos, there’s nothing better than meat on a stick. Perhaps they invoke feelings of the ultimate summer barbecue, or they make me think of some childhood favorites.…