Oven Chicken Kabobs are perfect for when you don’t have access to a grill. Chipotle flavored chicken kabobs are so easy to make and only take 20 minutes to cook.
It’s so easy to make baked chicken chunks, but they’re even better with roasted veggies on a stick!
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Why this Chicken Kabobs Recipe is a Keeper
These kabobs are excellent because they’re so flavorful and delicious. You can make these oven chicken kabob in under an hour, they only use easy ingredients and they’re still good for lunch the next day.
- 20 Minute Cook: After you prepare the chicken, you will bake the kabobs until the chicken is cooked.
- Easy Ingredients: You need a few simple ingredients to make chicken kabobs.
- Family Friendly: Everyone will love this adobo chipotle chicken oven recipe.
- Adaptable: These kabobs from the oven are great for those who don’t have a grill!
- Makes Great Leftovers: Place the kabobs that are leftovers in the fridge for lunch the next day.
If you’re looking for more kabob recipes, try these Turkey Club Sandwich Kebabs, Grilled Steak Kabobs and Apple Cheddar Fresh Kabobs.
What Are the Best Vegetables to Use for Kabobs?
Some of the best vegetables for oven-baked chicken kabobs are peppers, potatoes, mushrooms or mini tomatoes. However, you can use whatever veggies you and your family love!
Ingredient Notes to Bake Chicken Kabobs
You will need just a few simple ingredients to complete this baked chicken skewer recipe. They’re all easily found at the grocery store or maybe even around your kitchen.
- Chicken: We are using boneless skinless chicken breasts in this recipe. You could also use boneless skinless chicken thighs to have juicy chicken.
- Peppers: Using bell peppers on these vegetable kabobs with boneless chicken will give them some color!
- Onions: Use white or yellow onions when making this baked chicken kabobs recipe.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions for Chicken Kabobs in the Oven
- Vegetarian: Add more vegetables in place of the chicken to make these shish kabobs in the oven vegetarian.
- Zucchini: Fresh zucchini from the garden would be perfect for flavorful chicken kabobs in the summer!
- Broccoli: Try adding broccoli to the mix when threading the chicken and vegetables to bake them in your oven.
Special Equipment Needed for Oven Baked Chicken Kabobs
- Skewers: Wooden or bamboo skewers are great for cooking kabobs in the oven. You could alternatively use metal skewers to reduce waste.
Pro Tip to Make Chicken Kabobs
Skip the chicken breasts and opt for chicken thighs instead. Chicken thighs are naturally juicier and more flavorful than breasts, making them perfect for kabobs that can tend to dry out during grilling or baking.
How to Make Baked Chicken Skewers
These baked chicken skewers are so easy to put together. Chicken kabobs in oven come together in just 4 simple steps!
These are the basic steps for making Chipotle Oven Chicken Kabobs. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Prep Oven Baked Chicken
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
2. Marinate the Chicken
To create the rub or marinade add the adobo sauce, garlic powder and cumin to a food processor. Pulse until pureed. Pour the sauce into a medium-sized bowl.
Cut the chicken into 1.5 inch cubes and add chicken into the chicken kabob marinade. After you add the chicken, mix until the pieces of chicken are fully coated in chicken marinade.
3. Cut Veggies
Cut the peppers and onion and place into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with All Purpose Seasoning blend.
4. Cook Chicken and Veggies
Thread the chicken cubes on the skewers and place in the baking dish on top of the peppers and onions. Cook the chicken kabobs for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees in the preheat oven. Remove from the oven once cooked.
The internal temperature of the chicken reaches should read 165ºF (74ºC) when raw chicken is done. Enjoy juicy and flavorful chicken!
Oven Chicken Kabobs Recipe FAQs
To store this recipe, you should remove the skewers. Store the food in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
If you’d like, you can use wooden or bamboo skewers when threading on the chicken and veggies that are leftover.
To reheat you chicken kabobs, you can cook in the oven on 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until hot. If you’d like you can thread the pieces of chicken onto extra skewers.
I like serving these marinated chicken kabobs with sides such as rice, a helping of casserole or even tater tots!
Chicken skewers in the oven tend to bake pretty evenly. If you’re worried about it you can always flip the oven baked chicken kabobs halfway through cooking.
Sure! This chicken and marinade for chicken kabobs can absolutely be used for other chicken dishes if you can’t get enough of it.
Expert Tips to Cook This Baked Chicken Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: Increase the ingredients proportionately and split chicken kabobs into two batches.
- Other Meat: For this oven baked chicken kabob recipe, you could switch the chicken for steak tips. Oven baked beef kabobs are wonderful!
- Drizzle Olive Oil: Feel free to drizzle some olive oil or balsamic vinegar on these flavorful chicken pieces with the marinade ingredients before you bake in the oven.
- Switch the Veggies: Feel free to switch the type of vegetables you use, you don’t have to stick to just peppers and onions.
- Broil: Switch the oven to broil and broil the greek chicken kabobs for the last couple minutes they’re baking to get a nice sear.
- Grilled Chicken Kabobs: You can make this recipe for chicken kabobs on the grill.
- Soak Skewers: Be sure to place the wooden skewers in water bath to soak for 30 minutes minimum to prevent burning in the oven. Soaked skewers will prevent the chicken from burning too.
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds Chicken tenderloins
- 16 ounces Mixed peppers, red, yellow and orange
- ½ Small white onion, cut up
- 7 ounces Chipotles in adobo sauce
- 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon Cumin
- 2 teaspoons All Purpose Seasoning Blend
- 4 Wood skewers
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
- To create the rub add the adobo sauce, garlic powder and cumin to a food processor. Pulse for 10 seconds or until pureed. Pour the sauce into a medium-sized bowl.
- Cut the chicken into 1.5 inch cubes and place it into the medium-sized bowl. Mix until the chicken is fully coated in sauce.
- Cut the peppers and onion and place into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with All Purpose Seasoning blend.
- Place the chicken on the skewers.
- Place the prepared skewers in the baking dish resting on top of the peppers and onions.
- Cook for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove from the oven once cooked. The internal temperature should read 165ºF (74ºC).
Christina’s Notes
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- This Recipe Can be Doubled: Increase the ingredients proportionately and split chicken kabobs into two batches.
- Other Meat: For this oven baked chicken kabob recipe, you could switch the chicken for steak tips. Oven baked beef kabobs are wonderful!
- Drizzle: Feel free to drizzle some olive oil or balsamic vinegar on these flavorful chicken pieces with the marinade ingredients before you bake in the oven.
- Switch the Veggies: Feel free to switch the type of vegetables you use, you don’t have to stick to just peppers and onions.
- Broil: Switch the oven to broil and broil the greek chicken kabobs for the last couple minutes they’re baking to get a nice sear.
- Grilled Chicken Kabobs: You can make this recipe for chicken kabobs on the grill.
- Soak Skewers: Be sure to place the wooden skewers in water bath to soak for 30 minutes minimum to prevent burning in the oven. Soaked skewers will prevent the chicken from burning too.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
This recipe is highly recommended! I brought this chicken recipe to our family gathering, it was a crowd favorite. Thank you Christina for sharing this great recipe!
Tastes wonderful. I love your version of the chipotle kabob.
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
Anything with chipotle and I’m a fan, but these kabobs were oh so good!
This chicken is delicious! The heat level was perfect. Not to hot, not to mild. It came together easily and the whole family loved it. That’s a win for me. Thank you!