{"id":1184,"date":"2016-03-04T22:02:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2016-03-04T22:40:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:40:36","slug":"chicken-souvlaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/chicken-souvlaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Souvlaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the best souvlaki we have ever eaten&#8230;..and we don&#8217;t put it on skewers. \u00a0\u00a0 The secret is the brining of the chicken which makes it tender and juicy.\u00a0 Although you can put these on skewers we just toss them in a stainless steel barbeque grill basket, cooking the chicken first and cooking the vegetables last.\u00a0 We have found that this cooks everything evenly.\u00a0 We serve it on a platter with the chicken over the vegetables.\u00a0 It is less of a chore to cook and also easier to eat.\u00a0 We serve this with brown rice and <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/tzatziki\/\">tzatziki<\/a> on the side.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Chicken<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 1\/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbls pickling salt or kosher salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 quart cold water<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/3 cup olive oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbls fresh parsley, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teas lemon zest<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup fresh lemon juice<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 tbls fresh oregano, finely chopped or 1 teas dried<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teas honey<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teas fresh ground black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Vegetables<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 red bell pepper, 1&#8243; chunks<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 green bell pepper, 1&#8243; chunks<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 yellow bell pepper, 1&#8243; chunks<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 spanish or red onion<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">8 oz small mushrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut the chicken in 1&#8243; chunks.\u00a0 Mix the salt and water together and add the chicken.\u00a0 Leave in the brine 30 minutes.\u00a0 Drain and dry on paper towel.<\/li>\n<li>Light the charcoal grill.<\/li>\n<li>While the chicken is brining mix together the olive oil, parsley, lemon zest and juice, oregano, honey and pepper in a bowl.\u00a0 Measure 1\/4 cup of this sauce and reserve for serving.<\/li>\n<li>Cut onion into 1&#8243; slices including a piece of the root end in each slice.\u00a0 This will help keep the onion in larger pieces to keep them in the grill basket.\u00a0 Put in another bowl along with the peppers and mushrooms and add 2 tbls of the sauce.\u00a0 Toss to coat.<\/li>\n<li>Add the chicken to the remainder of the sauce and toss to coat.<\/li>\n<li>When the barbeque is ready add the chicken to the grill basket and stir fry on the barbeque.\u00a0 Remove to a plate and cover with foil.\u00a0 Be careful to not overcook.<\/li>\n<li>Add the vegetables to the grill basket and stir fry on the barbeque.\u00a0 Be careful to not overcook.\u00a0 Remove to a &#8220;pretty&#8221; platter, top with the chicken and drizzle the reserved 1\/4 cup of sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/tzatziki\/\">tzatziki<\/a> and brown rice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the best souvlaki we have ever eaten&#8230;..and we don&#8217;t put it on skewers. \u00a0\u00a0 The secret is the brining of the chicken which makes it tender and juicy.\u00a0 Although you can put these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,214,76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}