Chicken Spiedies

After reading my friend Rita's blog and trying some of the delicious recipes she posted, I decided that if I come across something that is worth sharing, I too will post it. I think that it is a great way to try new recipes.

Doug and I miss many foods from America, chicken spiedies being one of them. The few times my mom or his parents have come for a visit, we always request that they have spiedie marinade in their suitcase (in exchange for stroopwafel cookies of course). Well a few weeks ago we ran out of the marinade we have been rationing. It was decided that our only option for spiedies was to look online for a recipe to make the marinade ourselves. We found one, Doug made it and then cooked the spiedies on the grill. THEY WERE DELICIOUS!!

For the marinade you need:
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. dried tarragon
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 cup pineapple juice

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl using a whisk and then add cubed chicken pieces. The recipe online said to marinate for 2 hours, but we did it for almost 5. I do suggest cooking the spiedies on a grill. We did them in the oven just the other night, and although they were still good, they didn't have as much flavor as when they were cooked on the grill.

A few of our ingredients might look a little different.

My favorite translation was the dried tarragon...

YUM!