BBQ char siu chicken skewers with broccoli and ginger spiced rice
Healthy and tasty Chinese char siu chicken skewers, perfect for BBQ's, grill or griddles.
Served with simple but delicious flavoured rice.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Chicken skewers
- 3 chicken breasts
- 1 red pepper
- 1 cooking onion
- 5 closed cup mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons LKK char siu marinade
- 1 tablespoon LKK double deluxe soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons water
Rice
- 70 g basmati rice per person
- 125 g tenderstem broccoli flourets
- 1/2 cooking onion you can use the leftovers from the skewers
- 4 inch cube of fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 2 tablespoons LKK double deluxe soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil I use olive oil
- 2 tablespoons LKK oriental sesame dressing
- 2 teaspoons LKK chiu chow chilli oil optional for extra heat
Skewers
Cut each breast in half lengthwise, and then into bite size chunks - approximately 3-4 inch cubes
Mix the char siu, water and soy together and pour over the diced chicken. Store in a container ideally overnight (in the fridge) or at least an hour before cooking.
Take 5 bamboo skewers and soak in water for 20 minutes before assembling.
Dice the onion and the pepper into 3-4 inch squares and cut the mushrooms in half
Place a mushroom first (as they are good at holding it all in place). Then assemble chicken, pepper, onion in repeat until you have 4-5 pieces of chicken on each skewer. Finish by adding the second half of the mushroom on the end.
Baste the skewer with any left over sauce.
Grill on the BBQ, grill or on a griddle until the chicken is cooked through. This should take around 20-25 minutes but if you're unsure try using a temperature probe. Chicken should be around 70-75 degrees Celsius when cooked.
Take another tablespoon of char siu sauce and equal amount of water and continue to baste the skewers while cooking to keep them moist and create a delicious glaze.
Rice
Cook rice as per packet instructions
Steam the broccoli until just cooked this should take around 5 minutes or less.
Dice the onion or leftover onion from your skewers and fry in a frying pan or wok with the oil, finely chopped ginger and soy sauce.
Once the onion is cooked add the cooked, drained rice, broccoli, crushed garlic and sesame dressing and mix through well while on a low heat.
Once mixed and heated through it is ready to serve.