In Good FlavorThese Pesto Chicken and Vegetables Kabobs consist of baby potatoes, chicken, onion, and tomatoes in a yogurt pesto marinade. They are perfect for grill nights or cookouts.
Can you believe that Labor Day is only two weeks away? Already? The summer has flown by! In preparation for the big end-of-summer weekend, I am sharing a tasty and easy grill recipe that is perfect for any type of gathering.
These kabobs combine pesto potato salad and chicken kabobs. All the key elements of a pesto-based potato salad are here: potatoes, a creamy base, onion, tomatoes, and pesto sauce. Add chicken, and it’s a complete meal on a stick. In keeping with the fuss-free nature of the dish, I opted to use jarred pesto sauce. If you want to take the time to make your own, knock yourself out and whip up a batch!
To make, pre-cook baby potatoes in boiling water. Next, make the marinade by combining plain yogurt, garlic powder, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and pesto in a ziplock bag. Then add fresh grape tomatoes, onion, chicken, and cooled potatoes to the marinade. Chill for 2 hours or overnight. Prior to skewering, soak the wooden skewers in water for at least 30 minutes (or use metal skewers and save yourself a step). When ready to eat, place on skewers and grill for 8-10 minutes. That’s all it takes for a meal in one on a stick, folks!
I hope you all have a fun and safe Labor Day weekend. Happy grilling!
Note: This recipe was previously called Grilled Chicken Pesto Potato Salad (Kabobs).
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Pesto Chicken and Veggie Kabobs
Description
These Pesto Chicken and Vegetables Kabobs consist of baby potatoes, chicken, onion, and tomatoes in a yogurt pesto marinade. They are perfect for grill nights or cookouts.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place potatoes in pan and add enough water to cover them by an inch. Add salt. Bring water to a boil. Cook for about 10 minutes or until you can insert and pull out a pointed knife with a little resistance. Drain. Rinse under cold water for a minute to cool. Set aside to drain and cool completely.
- While the potato cooks, prep the remaining ingredients. Cut the chicken into approximately 1″ chunks. Add pesto, yogurt, salt, pepper, and lemon juice in a large zip-lock bag. Massage the bag to combine the mixture. Add the chicken, onion, and grape tomatoes. Add the potatoes when cooled. Massage again. Chill for 2 hours to overnight.
- If using wooden skewers, completely submerge in a bowl of water for at least 30 minutes before skewering. When ready to grill, pierce and thread chicken and vegetables onto the skewers.
- Grease the grill rungs. Preheat on high. Cover and grill the skewers for 8 – 10 minutes, flipping them halfway through. The cooking time will depend on how thick your chicken is cut. It’s done when it’s no longer pink inside.
- Makes about 12 skewers, depending on how much each skewer is filled.
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Summer is flying indeed. And these grilled chicken with pesto potato on a stick sounds incredible. A perfect recipe for get-togethers! YUM!
Ah, those grill marks are making me extremely jealous. I need a grill for recipes like these. Why do I not have one?????! Yummy!
Potato salad on a stick?! That is all sort of cleverly awesome! Plus it's got pesto and chicken skewered up on here? Ummm- I NEED! Love this girlfriend, So perfect for the upcoming holiday weekend… or just because everything on a stick tastes better! 😉 Cheers, lovely lady!/
Thanks Anu! Food is always more fun to serve food on a stick for a crowd.
Oh Brielle, you need to get a grill then you can put grill marks on all your food! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
What delicious skewers!!! I love all the flavors and a perfect way to celebrate Labor Day 🙂
Thanks for kind words, sweet lady! You so get me on this! You're so right, everything tastes better and much more fun on a stick! 🙂
What a fun and delicious variation of kebabs!
Thanks Liz. I'll make the skewers and you can make that awesome Grilled Pork Báhn Mì Sandwich for Labor Day. Eclectic, but yummy!
Thanks, Julie! It's my version of a full meal on a stick..and an easy cleanup for sure. 🙂
Mmm! Anything with pesto is right up my alley! I am definitely enticed by this deliciously summery dish! Thanks for sharing, Thao! 😀
Oh, I'm so glad to hear it, Kennedy! Pesto is a wonderful thing. 🙂
Never had potato salad on stick, and that sounds and looks cool! Love the addition of pesto too. Hearty and delicious!
Wonderful combination and I am glad for any new idea of using pesto, my freezer is full with small jars of mint pesto, sage pesto and wild garlic pesto.
These skewers look divine! Love all the flavours – such a great idea!
Potato and Chicken salad on a skewer is such a brilliant idea – this is so fun to eat too!
You posted this recipe at just the right time Thao! My patio basil plant is growing out of control and I decided I needed to make some pesto. Picked up some organic pine nuts and also got some beautiful cherry tomatoes, potatoes, and red onions in my CSA today. It's almost as if you wrote the recipe for me! Thanks so much 🙂
Thanks Ben! People put pretty much everything on a stick, so I figured why not potatoes?
Thanks, Adina. I'm jealous of your pesto collection by the way. 🙂
Thank you, Jess. And thank you for stopping by!
Thank you so much, Shashi! Food on a stick makes every occasion festive.
It's no coincidence, Karrie. I'm half Asian and half telepathic! 😉 Kidding aside—how uncanny is that?! I'm so glad this recipe came just in time to give you some dinner inspiration. 🙂
This is so perfect for a barbeque! And so much healthier than old fashioned potato salad. I love this!
Amazing! I love kabobs and these look so neat and well done unlike when I do it. Looking forward to labor day (not a thing in Africa while I'm working temporarily) lol
Ooh! I love that you've marinated this in yoghurt! I've never tried that with pesto – thanks for the idea!!
I think so too on both accounts, Kathleen! I'm glad you like this! 🙂
Ha ha! In the end it's that taste that matters, right? Happy Labor Day to you too, Natalie! …even though it won't be your typical Labor Day.
So glad you like the idea, Nagi! The yogurt and pesto make a terrific marinade. Even my non-yogurt, non-pesto loving husband gave it a solid thumbs up.
Summer has gone by WAY too quickly, I just can't believe it's almost labor day 🙁 These look delicious and so easy to make!
Thank you, Denise. I just had a sad realization tonight when I looked out my kitchen window that it gets dark before 8:00 pm already!
What a fun and delicious idea! I know my family would love this! Thank goodness you still have energy after a long and hard day with the kids to put out such beautiful meals…
Thank you, Bam. You're too kind! We have our share of leftovers and takeouts. 🙂
Can't believe how fast this summer flew by! These look delicious! Such a great idea and so easy too 🙂
Thanks Kelly. I am sad summer is almost gone, but I do like fall in New England (until all the leaves turn brown and the trees are bare).
Sounds incredible! Thanks for linking up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!
Thank you, Karly!
I love kabobs–such a delicious way to eat loads of vegetables! We've been eating them weekly lately!
Veggies with charred grilled marks make them even better, don't you think? 🙂
This looks delicious! I need to fire up the grill before summer ends because I am definitely making this!
I just love the combination of veggies for your Ka Bobs, they look awesome! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
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Miz Helen
I'm so glad you want to try it out, Jen! I hope you like it!
Thank you, Miz Helen. I do like the combination of potatoes, tomatoes, and onion, but I like that this is so versatile that you can switch it up any way you want.
Such a fun idea. . .putting a salad on a stick. And that chicken marinade sounds so heavenly. I bet it makes the chicken nice and tender. Time to fire up the grill for labor day!
Thanks, Lynn! Grilling season will end too soon, so we need to fire up the grills as much as we can! 🙂