CHICKEN KEBABS GLAZED WITH LAVENDER
Ingredients:
2 lb chicken breasts cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
Fresh rosemary sprigs or meat skewers
1 pint Portobello mushrooms
2 onions cut into wedges
Salt, paprika and pepper
1/4 cup Lavender Olive Oil
1/2 cup Traditional Balsamic Vinegar
Directions:
Skewer onions, chicken mushrooms. Baste with Lavender Olive Oil and then sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika. Heat coals, gas grill or oven (to 350). Drizzle kabobs with 1/2 of the Traditional Balsamic. (Reserve the rest for later.) Grill until chicken is no longer pink.
Baste with the remaining Traditional Balsamic or to taste.
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