Air Fryer Chicken Kabobs (Kebabs)
These flavorful Air Fryer Chicken Kabobs (Kebabs) are made with tender chunks of chicken breast and colorful veggies, all threaded onto skewers and air fried to perfection. This easy dinner or lunch can also be baked in the oven or on the grill and it's a perfect low-carb meal.
Servings: 4
Calories: 332kcal
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken breast cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 bell peppers red, yellow or orange
- 2 small zucchini
- ½ red onion large
Italian Marinade
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1.5 teaspoon salt kosher or Himalayan pink salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil leaves
Instructions
- Make the marinade. In a large bowl whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, mincedfresh garlic, oregano, basil, thyme, onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Place cubed chicken pieces in the marinade and stir to coat.
- While the meat is sitting in the marinade, slice the zucchini into ½ inch coins, remove the seeds and stems from bellpeppers and cut them into 1-inch pieces. Carefully separate layers of red onionand cut each layer into pieces. Your zucchini, pepper and onion pieces shouldbe similarly sized. That way they’ll cook at the same size and the edges won’t brown too fast.
- Place cut up veggies in the bowl with the chicken and stir everything together until all veggies are shiny and coated in seasoning.
- Place the bowl in the fridge and let sit for at least 30 minutes or as long as 24 hours.
- Skewer veggies and chicken pieces onto the sticks using 3-4 chicken pieces per stick. I like tp start and end with a piece of bell pepper.
- Preheat your air fryer to 370 degrees for afew minutes. Place 4-5 skewers in the air fryer basket in one single layer. They should be spaced out evenly and ideally not touch each other much to promote even browning.
- Air fry for 12-15 minutes or until the internaltemperature of the chicken reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Turn the kabobs once after 7 minutes. Repeat with second batch.
Notes
Make sure your bamboo or metal skewers fitthe air fryer. I used 8-inch bamboo sticks that are just right for mybasket style air fryer.
The number of kebabs this recipe produces will depend on the length of your sticks. For my 8-ich bamboo sticks, I ended up with 9 kebabs.
Peppers, zucchini and onions are the classic kabob veggies but you can also use mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and baby potatoes.
Nutrition
Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 1082mg | Potassium: 1056mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2121IU | Vitamin C: 98mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 2mg