Design-Your-Own Kabobs with Fruit Sauces

Name: Design-Your-Own Kabobs with Fruit Sauces
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 156 grams can apricot nectar; 227 grams boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes; 1 bell pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces; 59 milliliters butter or margarine; 59 milliliters chili sauce; 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 118 milliliters chopped dried apricots; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground ginger; 8 servings Italian dressing; 227 grams Italian sausage links (or smoked sausage such as kielbasa), cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 170 grams can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed; 16 fresh whole mushrooms; 16 smalls new potatoes, cooked until tender (about 15 minutes); 1 large onion, cut into 24 pieces or 24 pearl onions; 177 milliliters medium plum (Roma) tomatoes, chopped; 468 grams can purple plums, drained; 1 Tbsp chopped shallot; 340 grams uncooked large shrimp in shells, thawed if frozen; 227 grams boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces; 3 mediums zucchini or yellow summer squash , cut into 1-inch slices

Design-Your-Own Kabobs with Fruit Sauces might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free recipe serves 8. One serving contains 585 calories, 32g of protein, and 24g of fat. Not A mixture of dressing, butter, summer squash, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the dried apricots you could follow this main course with the The ultimate makeover: Bread & butter pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

In blender, place plums and lemonade concentrate. Cover and blend on medium speed until smooth; set aside. In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion in butter about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir plum mixture and remaining sauce ingredients into onions.

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Lemonade Concentrate

Butter

Onion

Plum

Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Blender

Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

In 2-quart saucepan, mix apricot nectar, apricots and shallots.

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Apricot Nectar

Apricot

Shallot

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Sauce Pan

Heat to boiling over medium heat; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 3 to 5 minutes or until most of nectar is absorbed. Stir in remaining salsa ingredients except parsley; heat through. Stir in parsley.

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Parsley

Nectar

Salsa

Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Thread 4 or 5 meat pieces alternately with potatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, bell pepper and onion on each of 8 large (15-inch) or 16 small metal or bamboo skewers, leaving space between each piece.

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Bell Pepper

Mushrooms

Potato

Zucchini

Onion

Meat

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Skewers

Grill

Cover and grill kabobs over medium heat 10 to 15 minutes, turning and brushing 2 or 3 times with dressing, until meats are done. When done, beef, chicken and sausage are no longer pink in center and shrimp are pink and firm.

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Whole Chicken

Sausage