This delicious grilled chicken is so juicy, flavorful, and easy to make! Perfect for spring and summertime grilling! It's gluten free and can be made paleo by using ghee instead of butter or dairy free by using a vegan butter. This recipe can also be made keto by using a sugar free honey. Enjoy!
Prep Time: 10 minutesmins
Cook Time: 12 minutesmins
Servings: 8servings
Ingredients
Chicken and Marinade
1cupTexas Pete® Original Hot Sauce
1/4cuphoney**
3lbchicken breastscut into 1" cubes
Avocado oilfor brushing before grilling
Hot Honey Butter
1/2cupTexas Pete® Original Hot Sauce
1/2cupsalted buttermelted*
1/2cuphoney**
1/2tspfine sea salt
Instructions
Make marinade by whisking together 1 cup Texas Pete® Original Hot Sauce and 1/4 cup honey in a large mixing bowl. Place cubed chicken in marinade, toss to coat, and allow to sit for 1 hour at room temperature (you may need to refrigerate if your kitchen is very warm).
Preheat grill to medium-high heat (425ºF/218ºC).
Skewer chicken to make kabobs.
Make hot honey butter by whisking together all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Reserve half of the mixture for serving and use the other half for basting while grilling.
Grill chicken. Once grill is hot, brush chicken kabobs and grill grates with avocado oil (approx. 1/4 cup). Grill chicken for 5 minutes (with the lid closed), brush with hot honey butter, then flip the kabobs. Grill for 5 more minutes, then baste and flip again. Grill for about 2-5 more minutes. Total grilling time will be 12-15 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165ºF/74ºC. Brush the kabobs one more time with hot honey butter before removing from the grill.
Serve with reserved hot honey butter for dipping or drizzling!
Notes
*sub ghee for paleo and vegan butter for strict dairy free**sub sugar free honey for keto/low carbPrep time does not include 1 hour marinating time.