Grilled kebabs can be fun, and kids in particular seem to like them. Assembling food on the skewers is a great way to get the kids involved in cooking, especially boys who like anything that’s similar to a sword. Just be sure to supervise. The skewers are sharp.
Speaking of skewers, there are two types. Metal and wooden (or more likely bamboo). Wooden skewers need to be soaked in water so they don’t burn. I soaked mine for at least half an hour, but as you can see they did still burn. Except for one which actually caught on fire, they were mostly blackened on the outside but still sturdy. Soaking for a couple of hours works better.
For these kebabs I used smoked sausage, but any gluten-free fully cooked sausage would work, such as Applegate Sweet Italian Sausage. I love combining apples and onions and they complement the sausage well along with red bell pepper.
Grilled Kebabs
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup apple juice
- 2 Tablespoons mustard
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 Tablespoon corn starch or arrowroot starch
- 14 ounces Smoked sausage
- 3 Gala apples
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1 large red bell pepper
Instructions
- Soak your skewers if they are wooden.
- Wisk together the apple juice, mustard, honey and cornstarch in a small sauce pan. Heat and stir until boiling. Reduce heat and boil for one minute. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Remove the casing from the sausage and cut into one inch slices.
- Core the apples and cut into eighths.
- Cut the onion and pepper into 1 – 2 inch slices.
- Assemble the foods on the skewers.
- Place on the grill for about 4 minutes each side. Brush with glaze and grill a few minutes more, turning once.
This sounds really good! I never thought of using Apple’s. Can you tell me which sausage you used?
I don’t remember what sausage I used for that picture. I have used different brands. Anything that is smoked or precooked will work fine.
Unfortunately it is hard to find smoked sausage that does not contain High Fructose Corn Syrup or MSG or both.
Any cooked sausage will work. I like Applegate. They have sausage without corn syrup or MSG.
This was delicious. Can’t wait to make it again.
Our grill bit the dust and we haven’t gotten around to replace it yet. Would broiling these work pretty similarly or would the wooden skewers catch fire that close to the heat source? We have an electric oven if that helps…
I’m really not sure how the skewers would do, but you could try broiling the pieces of food in a pan. And then put them on a skewer if desired.
Can I make these on an electrical grill without soaking the shewers?
Ruth, I’ve never used an electric grill so I’m not really sure. It would probably still dry out the skewers even if they don’t burn. I would soak them for a little bit at least.
What temp did you set your grill for and did you preheat. TIA 🙂
I always preheat my grill. I don’t have a temperature setting, but it’s usually around 400.
New to cooking sausage. Can you explain why the casing is removed from the sausage? TY
You don’t have to remove the casing. My family prefers not to have it because of the texture/difficulty to chew. Removing it also allows the glaze to soak in better. But casing can be difficult to remove with some sausage, and it’s not absolutely necessary.