Spicy Honey Vegetable Kabobs
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Spicy Honey Vegetable Kabobs
Description
The recipe for Spicy Honey Vegetable Kabobs highlights fresh vegetables including cremini mushrooms, red bell pepper chunks, red onion, whole trimmed Brussels sprouts, and corn segments. These are skewered, often with soaked wooden skewers to prevent burning, and cooked on a grill initially over indirect heat.
The basting sauce blends vegetable oil, garlic powder, white pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, fine sea salt, honey, and apple cider vinegar for a balance of sweet, spicy, and tangy flavors. The kabobs are basted with this sauce and cooked slowly, then moved to direct heat to develop a charred, caramelized finish, with a final basting to enrich flavor.
Serving these kabobs immediately preserves their charred texture and the fresh vegetable flavors, making them an appealing option for grilled vegetable dishes and gatherings.
Ingredients
For Vegetable Kabobs:
- 2 cups cremini mushrooms
- 1 red bell pepper cut into chunks
- 1 red onion cut into chunks
- 2 cups Brussels sprouts left whole but trimmed
- 3 inch corn cut into 2pieces, ears
Spicy Honey Basting Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 2 teaspoons salt fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- If using wooden skewers, submerge 12 in water for a minimum of 30 minutes, but up to 24 hours.
- Thread vegetables onto each skewer, using the two skewer techinque if they are round and spinning.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, garlic powder, white pepper, crushed red pepper, fine sea salt, honey and apple cider vinegar. Set aside.
- Heat grill to medium heat.
- Place skewers on indirect heat, baste with spicy honey sauce and cook for 10 minutes, rotating halfway through.
- Transfer to direct heat to get a nice char and finish off. When getting crispy, baste one more time. This time will vary from grill to grill.
- Remove and serve immediately.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 164 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 164kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 792mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 323mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 25g | 50% |
| Vitamin A | 940IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 51.7mg | 57% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.9mg | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.