Summer Kabobs

It is grilling season people! Hamburgers are great and all, but there's more to summer than just grilling up hamburgers.  Shish Kabobs are my new favorite thing to cook!  It's so easy to throw together a marinade for any meat you want.  This chicken marinade is bomb.  It's got a chili lime taste that everyone will love.  The steak marinade was delicious and I'm already craving it and might have to make it again really soon.

Steak Marinade:

1 lb steak- cut into cubes

1 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup vinegar

1/8 cup brown sugar

2 Tbs olive oil

1 tsp finely chopped garlic

1 tsp ground ginger

some salt & pepper

- Mix all the ingredients except the steak together.  Put steak in a large ziploc bag and pour sauce over.  Shake really well covering all the pieces of steak.  Let it sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours.  Add each piece of steak onto a bamboo skewer and grill for at least 10 minutes.

Chili Lime Chicken Marinade:

1 lb boneless chicken breast- cubed

1 tsp finely chopped garlic

3 Tbs freshly squeezed lime juice

1 tsp red pepper chili flakes

3 Tbs fresh cilantro- chopped

2 Tbs olive oil

salt

- Add all ingredients except chicken.  Put chicken in a large ziploc bag and pour sauce over.  Shake it well and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.  Put onto bamboo skewers and grill for at least 10 minutes.

**TIPS**

- If you pierce each piece of meat, the juices from the marinade will soak into it making it more flavorful.

- Soak the bamboo skewers in cold water for 30 minutes so that they won't burn on the grill.