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Quick and Easy Kabobs
Sensational, succulent kabobs are quick and as easy as 1 - 2 - 3 to make! Use these tips and charts to get started, then let your palate be your guide. Here’s how:
Choose meat, vegetable and
Kabob Success Tips
•Soak bamboo skewers in water at least 30 minutes to prevent burning.
•Leave a little space between foods threaded on skewers (tightly packed food will not cook evenly).
•To prevent sticking (and to make cleanup easier), brush cooking surface with vegetable oil before grilling.
•Sauces that contain sugar burn easily. Brush them on kabobs only during last 5 to 10 minutes of grilling.
•To avoid
Guide to Great Kabobs
Meat | Vegetable | Sauce |
1 1⁄2” pieces Franks | Mushrooms | Italian Dressing |
1 1⁄2” pieces fully | Cherry Tomatoes | French Dressing |
cooked Sausages |
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1” cubes Beef Bottom | 1” pieces Bell Pepper | Italian Dressing |
or Round Steak |
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1” pieces Chicken | 1 1⁄2” pieces Green Onion | |
or Turkey Breast meat | or Leek | Dressing |
1” pieces Turkey, Beef | Whole Water Chestnuts | Italian Dressing |
or Pork Tenderloin |
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1 1⁄4” cubes Boneless | Spaghetti Sauce | |
Lamb Shoulder | or pitted Ripe Olives |
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1” cubes fully cooked | Cauliflowerets | Chili Sauce |
Smoked Ham | or Broccoli Flowerets |
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1” pieces Fish Fillet | 3⁄4” slices Zucchini | Steak Sauce |
or Steak (1” thick) |
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Large Raw Shrimp, | 1” pieces partially | Soy Sauce |
peeled and deveined | cooked Potato |
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Sea Scallops | 2” pieces | Teriyaki Sauce |
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Grilling Kabobs
Meat | Time (min/temp.) | Doneness Test | |
Fully cooked | 7 - 10, 350° | Until hot | |
Meat or Sausage |
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Beef, Veal, Lamb | 12 | - 15, 400° | Until desired doneness |
Pork | 15 | - 20, 350° | Until no longer pink |
Chicken and Turkey | 15 | - 20, 350° | Until no longer pink in center |
Fish | 12 | - 16, 350° | Until fish flakes easily with |
fork |
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Shrimp | 8 | - 12, 350° | Until pink and firm |
Sea Scallops | 12 | - 16, 350° | Until white |
13 | 14 |