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Our grill has been working overtime this summer, and these Sesame Chicken Skewers with Srirachi-Soy Dipping Sauce are a light and healthy option for a delicious summertime meal. These skewers are great to prepare ahead of time, and they take just minutes to grill after a day at work or the beach!
What really makes these sesame chicken skewers so special is a combination of the sriracha-soy dipping sauce, plus a spice ‘shake’ that gets sprinkled over the grilled chicken and vegetables when serving.
First – let me tell you about the sriracha-soy dipping sauce! Jack and I are both fairly new to the sriracha bandwagon, and we’re so glad that we’ve finally joined in! I’ve seen the red squeeze bottles with the rooster on them for years at the market, and it also seems to be a popular ingredient in recipes these days – but we actually never tried sriracha until recently. Jack loves any kind of hot pepper sauce so he was an easy sell, while I prefer a more mild spiciness. I have to say, this dipping sauce is fantastic – the sriracha gives it a gentle heat and the peppery flavor is great with soy sauce, lime juice and a little brown sugar for sweetness!
Then the shake is made with toasted sesame seeds and crushed black pepper corns and coriander seeds. It not only adds great flavor, but also a little bit of bite and texture to the tender grilled chicken and vegetable skewers.
A squeeze of lime completes these sesame chicken skewers with sriracha-soy dipping sauce, and served over a bed of rice – this is a meal that is sure to become one of your summer favorites!
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Sesame Chicken Skewers with Sriracha-Soy Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
For the Spice shake
- 3 tablespoons whole coriander seeds
- 1 tablespoon whole black pepper corns
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
For the Dipping sauce
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (one lime)
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce (more or less depending on how hot you like it) Tabasco can be substituted
For the Skewers
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into about 20 large chunks
- 4 scallions (white and green parts), chopped fine
- 2 tablespoons fresh minced ginger
- 2 tablespoons sesame seed oil
- 2 large red bell peppers halved, seeded and the halves quartered (8 pieces per pepper)
- 2 medium red onions, skinned but root left on, cut into 8 wedges per onion (Note: Leaving the root on will prevent them from falling apart while grilling.)
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 limes quartered for garnish
- Prepared white Basmati rice, for serving
Instructions
- If using wooden skewers, soak in water for at least one hour.
To Prepare the Shake:
- In a small sauté pan over medium heat, dry roast coriander, peppercorns and sesame seeds. Shake the pan often and cook for 2-3 minutes or just until you see a bit of smoke. Remove immediately to cool.
- If you have a small food processor, like this one
, process toasted spices until finely crushed. - If not, lay the toasted spices out in a sheet tray and crush with the bottom of a heavy skillet. Set aside for serving.
, process toasted spices until finely crushed.To Prepare The Dipping Sauce:
- Combine the soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar and sriracha. Set aside for serving.
To Prepare the Skewers:
- In a large bowl, combine chicken, scallions, ginger and sesame seed oil. Toss well.
- Begin threading chicken, peppers and onions on skewers alternately. Either end should have chicken or onion as the pepper will slip off at the ends. The onion should be pierced straight through each layer so it stays on the skewer as it cooks. Pour any leftover ginger mixture over the skewers. Sprinkle the salt and pepper over each skewer.
- Over a medium grill, oil the grates with an oil soaked paper towel. Grill the skewers about 5-7 minutes per side and remove when the chicken is done and the vegetables are tender. Pull open the largest piece of chicken to test for doneness. It should be cooked through.
- Grill the lime wedges if desired to add char marks.
- Place the skewers on a platter and sprinkle with the spice shake on all sides and garnish with the grilled lime wedges. (Save any leftover spice shake for other grilled recipes.) Serve over white Basmati rice, along with the dipping sauce and a grilled lime wedge.
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I am going to make these this summer! Pinned!
Thanks Amy! Hope you enjoy it!
So, yesterday I left a comment on your Seasoned Burgers. Today, we made these chicken skewers. OhMahGawd…just yessssss.
Maybe I’ll just make my meal plans from your site.
LOL Jen – thank you so much!! And – YOUR blog is AWESOME so the fact that you are enjoying our recipes makes the compliment even better! Thanks for taking the time to write to us! Martha
Hi, I’ve made a couple of your recipes, your food is great! and really love your site. I can’t find any good (Liver and Onion recipes) by any chance do you have a good recipe around, if not I’ll keep searching. thank you
Thank you – we’re so glad you are enjoying our recipes! We don’t have a Liver and Onions recipe on our site, but Jack has made it often in the past and recommends keeping it simple. He starts with soaking the liver overnight in buttermilk, then a light dredge of flour, salt and pepper before frying it. The onions would be caramelized separately in oil and butter. And if you’d like, a beef gravy can be served over the cooked liver and onions. He looked online for you and suggested this recipe as the version closest to how he would prepare this dish: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/absolute-best-liver-and-onions/ Hope this helps! Thanks for visiting!
You create the best ever BBQ meals! I want to eat them all!!!
Wow – thanks Carol! Thanks for stopping by today!
Chicken is so wonderful to work with, as it is so mild that it lends well to any kind of spicing. This sounds like a delicious mix of hot and sounds like a bit of sweet to balance it out. We remolded our kitchen last year and my husband insisted on a Jenair stove with a grill as his mom had one when he was a teenager and he fell in love with the ability to grill year round. I have to admit that when I looked at the price tag I thought he was nuts but a year later and hundreds of grilled meals later I think I am sold. The ability to grill year round is awesome and this dish seems like one we need to add to our list of grilled meals. Thanks for the insight another great post.
Christine
Thanks Christine!