Grilled Chicken, Sausage and Vegetable Skewers

By Lady Butterfly

Ingredients

• 8 (12-inch) wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30
• MARINADE
• 1/2 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil, or any Crisco oil of your choice
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon each: dried basil, oregano and thyme
• 3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 2-inch cubes
• 1 (12 oz.) package mushrooms
• 2 red bell peppers
• 2 medium onions
• 3 links Italian sausage
• Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• Orzo or rice

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from crisco.com

Preparation

Step 1

1.WHISK together marinade ingredients in shallow dish. Add chicken; stir to coat. While chicken is marinating, wash vegetables. Remove stems from mushrooms. Seed peppers; cut into 2-inch squares. Add mushrooms and peppers to marinade; stir to coat.

2.PEEL onions; cut into quarters. Separate into pieces 2 to 3 layers thick. Slice sausage into 1 1/2-inch pieces.

3.SPRAY unheated grill grate with no-stick cooking spray; heat grill. While grill is heating remove chicken and vegetables from marinade; discard marinade. Alternately thread chicken, mushrooms, peppers, onion and sausage on skewers.

4.GRILL 20 minutes or until meats are completely cooked, turning occasionally. Serve with orzo or rice.

Serving Size (2 skewers over pasta), Calories 480 (Calories from Fat 210), Total Fat 24g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 85mg, Sodium 810mg, Total Carbohydrate 30g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 8g), Protein 36g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 40%, Vitamin C 140%, Calcium 4%, Iron 15%