{"id":3697,"date":"2009-12-12T00:46:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T07:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2015-12-01T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T17:18:44","slug":"chili-lime-pineapple-mango-chicken-skewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=3697","title":{"rendered":"Chili-Lime Pineapple {Mango} Chicken Skewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">6 Tbsp olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1\/4 C fresh lime juice<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Zest of one lime<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1 tsp chili powder<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1\/4 tsp cayenne pepper (double that if you like spicy things)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1\/2 tsp salt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1 Tbsp sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 1 inch cubes<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">3 ripe but firm mangoes, peeled and cut into 1 1\/2 inch cubes or fresh pineapple spears cut into 1 1\/2 inch cubes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I used about 6-7 large spears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Soak wooden\/bamboo skewers in water for 20-30 minutes prior to using them.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>This will prevent them from burning on the grill. In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, lime zest, chili powder, cayenne, salt and sugar.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Place in a zip-lock bag and add the chicken and mangoes (pineapple), stirring gently to coat with marinade.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 hours. Prepare grill (or indoor grill pan). Remove the chicken and fruit from the marinade and thread onto skewers, alternating the pieces and dividing them evenly. Be sure not to smash everything together too tightly.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>In order for the food to cook thoroughly and evenly, it needs room!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>The pieces threaded on should just barely touch each other. Cook on grill until nicely charred and cooked through \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 6-10 minutes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Tbsp olive oil 1\/4 C fresh lime juice Zest of one lime 1 tsp chili powder 1\/4 tsp cayenne pepper (double that if you like spicy things) 1\/2 tsp salt 1 Tbsp sugar 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 1 inch cubes 3 ripe but firm mangoes, peeled and cut into 1 1\/2 inch cubes or fresh pineapple spears cut into 1 1\/2 inch cubes.\u00c2\u00a0 I used about 6-7 large spears. \u00c2\u00a0 Soak wooden\/bamboo skewers in water&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=3697\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[150],"class_list":["post-3697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-grill","category-poultry","tag-food-on-a-stick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17119,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions\/17119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}