These chicken skewers with bacon ranch sauce were made to be the highlight of your upcoming tailgate party. They are simple, engaging, and remarkably adaptable.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 16 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 46 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup ranch dressing
- 1 teaspoon hot chile paste
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 24 (1-inch) pieces red onion
- 12 slices thick cut bacon
- salt and black pepper, to taste
- 12 (6-inch) bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 2 hours
Instructions
- Whisk together ranch dressing and hot chile paste in a large bowl.
- Mix in chicken pieces and toss to evenly coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 hours.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Remove chicken from the bag and transfer to a plate or baking sheet lined with paper towels. Pat chicken pieces dry with more paper towels.
- Thread a piece of onion about 1 1/2-inches down the skewer.
- Thread end portion of one strip of bacon onto skewer so the rest of the strip is hanging down. Skewer on a piece of chicken; thread on the next portion of the bacon. Turn the skewer so that the long end of bacon is again hanging down. Repeat this process of skewering and turning until entire strip of bacon is threaded, using 4 to 5 chicken pieces.
- Thread a second piece of onion onto the end of the skewer.
- Repeat steps 5 through 7 for all twelve skewers.
- Season chicken skewers with salt and pepper as desired.
- Cook skewers on the preheated grill, turning every 3 to 4 minutes, until nicely browned on all sides and meat is no longer pink in the center, 12 to 16 minutes total per skewer. Serve with ranch dressing as a dipping sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 441 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 118 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 42 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 402 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Excellent flavor and super simple. I had them marinating while already skewered to make the dinner rush easier. I’ll definitely make these again.
The chicken was delicious, the onions were delicious (I wish there were more!), but the bacon was a definite problem, and I really think you have to par-cook the bacon before skewering. Several reviewers mentioned it and I should’ve taken that advice! I suppose if you are very careful to spread the skewer meats out, a little more heat gets to it as well. But if it’s too spread out I imagine the bacon grease doesn’t do its job of flavoring the chicken, so I’d go the par-cook route, cooking it halfway in the oven, for example.
I followed recipe as written except I marinated for 2 days. The ranch did not add any flavor to the chicken at all. I made an Avacado Ranch dip and that was the saving grace to this recipe. Won’t make it again.
Very good and tasty.
OK but not great. Did like the bacon on the grill. Will add that to my other ka bob recipes.
Loved this recipe, it is definitely a keeper!
LOVED this! I made it almost EXACTLY as written, but I didn’t have the “paste”, so I substituted some red curry paste. I also got lazy and didn’t dry the chicken, just took it from the marinade bag and threaded to directly on the skewers.
Very yummy! The smoky bacon really gets infused into every bite of chicken!
Awesome!!! Family loves these! And they’re easy!!!
These were delicious. I followed the recipe exactly, and they did not disappoint.
This was a great recipe. It was the second thing I made on my new grill and so glad I did. Everything came out excellent.
Made these a few times and they’re always amazing. Never any left-overs. The ranch mix helps tenderize the chicken perfectly. I like red bell peppers instead of the onion as a personal preference.
I thought that these were good, but not GREAT. I thought they were a little on the bland side, so I’ll probably dress them up with more herbs and spices next time. I followed one reviewer’s advice and partially cooked the bacon before threading, and I will definitely do that again next time.
Absolutely flavorless. Im not sure what I would do to tweak this recipe. More trouble than it’s worth.
nice change to chicken dinner….used vidalia onions rather than red….quite tasty…
I made it according to the recipe and added vegetables to grill on the skewers with it. My family loved it and it went fast. This will definitely become a staple.
I made this recipe for my family and they really liked it. Although marinating the chicken in ranch (I did two days) did not make it have that much of a ranch flavor, it does make the chicken pieces nice and moist so that they grill well.
It was so easy and what a cool snack to have ,fun !
Did put anything spicy and used mini potatoes instead of onions. I also baked them instead of putting them on the grill. 380 degrees, 10 minutes on each side – perfect!!!
these chicken skewers were fantastic. I added pineapple to the skewer.
I thought this was very good. I doubled the recipe and used a teaspoon of sambal oelek and a teaspoon of Thai garlic paste. I will definitely make this again!