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Why You’ll Love My Recipe
Craving some kebabs? Assemble some of these juicy and delicious turkey kebabs, get them marinating overnight, and you’ve got your protein for tomorrow’s dinner! Serve with your favourite rice, salad, or vegetable dish.
If you’re not sure what to serve with your turkey kebabs, try Tex Mex Corn on the Cob or some of The Ultimate Jiffy Cornbread. Make a Cucumber Tomato Salad and some Mushroom Rice or Tex Mex Cheesy Grilled Naan Bread to fill out your meal.
Karlynn’s Recipe Notes
- Skill Level: This is an incredibly easy recipe.
- Total Time: Assembly and cooking of these kebabs will take you under 30 minutes, but you will need to refrigerate them in marinade overnight, so get these started the day before you want to eat them.
- Variations: This recipe uses turkey breasts, but you can absolutely use chicken, beef, lamb, pork, shrimp, or any other protein you prefer. It’s also easy to turn this into a vegetarian dish by skipping the meat altogether and adding more vegetables. Mushrooms give a chewy, meaty mouthfeel. Certain types of tofu will hold up well for grilling. You could even give eggplant a try.
- Tools Needed: For this recipe you’ll need wooden skewers, or metal kebab skewers if you have some. You’ll also need a medium bowl, a sharp knife, a cutting board, and a large container with a tight lid.
What You’ll Need For Ingredients
Turkey Breasts: Boneless, skinless turkey breasts will be the easiest for this recipe, but you could absolutely use boneless skinless chicken breasts or a different meat if you prefer. There is also the option to skip the
Plain Yogurt: Greek style yogurt is wonderful for marinating, but any plain yogurt will do. It will help to break down the proteins in the turkey and make everything juicy and delicious.
Vegetables: Green onions, red onion, red pepper, and zucchini. You could also add mushrooms, eggplant, or green peppers. Just pay attention to the sizes of the pieces and make sure you’re adjusting your cooking time accordingly.
Ginger: Freshly grated is the best, but grated ginger or ginger paste from a jar will also give you plenty of flavour.
Seasonings: Cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes are the basics for this recipe, but you can modify to your own personal tastes.
How To Make Turkey Kebabs
This is a brief overview of the recipe. The full list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Cut turkey into 1½ inch cubes. Slice zucchini into 1/2 inch slices. Slice onion and peppers into 1 inch pieces. Add to skewers, alternating between meat and vegetables. Put assembled kebabs into a dish with a tight-fitting lid.
- Mix your marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Pour half the marinade into the container with the kebabs. Roll the kebabs around so they’re evenly coated. Put the lid on and refrigerate overnight.
- Grill kebabs on medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Discard excess used marinade.
- Serve with the reserved marinade and your favourite rice or vegetable dish.
Karlynn’s Tips and Tricks for making Turkey Kebabs
Add Mushrooms: To pack even more nutrition into your kebabs, consider adding more vegetables. Mushrooms work especially well for this, since they get juicy when grilled and are magnificent along with zucchini. Depending on the size of mushrooms, you may need to cut them into halves or slices. Try to keep the pieces a similar size to the zucchini slices.
Suggested Pairings: These kebabs would go beautifully with some sort of flatbread like naan, roti, paratha, or pita. If you like dips, make some hummus, Baba Ganoush, or tzatziki. All three are delicious in their own unique ways, so why not make an assortment? Add a Mediterranean Chickpea Salad or some rice on the side and you’ve got a filling and refreshing meal perfect for summer.
Storage Instructions
Fridge: You can keep the cooked kebabs in a sealed container in your fridge for 3-4 days.
Freezer: Put cooked and cooled kebabs into a freezer safe bag or container, with layers of parchment or wax paper to prevent them from sticking together. You can freeze them for several months.
More Delicious Turkey and Poultry Recipes
Looking for more Poultry and Turkey recipes?
This Leftover Turkey Pot Pie is the perfect way to use up leftover turkey from holiday season meals.
A Turkey Salad or Grilled Chicken Salad are wonderfully easy to serve up on sandwiches on those hot days in summer when you don’t wan to cook.
For something on the fancier side, try Turkey Ala King or Chicken Cordon Bleu.
There you go, everyone. A healthy, easy, and delicious meat dish that you can serve alongside a variety of other foods. Try this recipe out for your next summer barbecue and let me know how you like it.
Happy Cooking!
Karlynn
Turkey Kebabs
Ingredients
- 2 Pounds Turkey Breast
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1 medium red pepper
- 1 medium red onion
- 6-10 long wooden skewers
Marinade
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 3 green onions, minced
- 1 Teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- ¼ Teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
- ½ Teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ Teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cut the turkey meat into 1½ inch cubes. Slice the zucchini in half lengthwise and then slice into pieces about 1/2 inch thick. Slice the onion and Red Pepper into 1 inch pieces.
- Add the turkey, onion, zucchini and red pepper to the wooden skewers alternating.
- In a medium bowl add all the ingredients for the marinade and whisk well to combine.
- In a glass dish with a tight fitting lid add the skewers and 1/2 of the marinade. Roll the skewers around so they are coated on all sides. Refrigerate overnight. Refrigerate the remaining marinade in a separate sealed container in the fridge.
- Grill the skewers on a medium high heat for 10-15 minutes until the turkey is cooked through. Discard the excess marinade that the skewers were in.
- Serve the reserved marinade from the fridge drizzled over the cooked skewers. Serve with a dish of rice or your favorite cooked vegetable.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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