Craving Italian cuisine that is easy to make? Try this easy Chicken Spiedini recipe with a flavorful and buttery Amogio sauce served alongside it.
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Chicken Spiedini with Amogio Sauce
When you’re in the mood for a flavorful meal that you can make on a grill pan or a traditional grill, Chicken Spiedini is an excellent choice. It’s an Italian dish known for its simplicity and excellent flavor.
You can marinate the chicken before you grill it and serve it alongside the Amogio sauce for dipping.
Why You’ll Love this Easy Chicken Spiedini Recipe:
- Easy chicken recipe: It’s a unique and flavorful way to prepare chicken breast.
- Kid friendly: Chicken Spiedini is perfect for children because they will love taking the chicken off the skewers.
- Perfect sauce: The buttery Amogio sauce compliments the marinated chicken well, leaving you satisfied with such a delicious meal.
How to make Grilled Chicken Spiedini
Be sure to see the recipe card below for full ingredients & instructions!
- Chop your chicken into cubed pieces and then toss it in a bowl with olive oil, lemon zest, oregano, rosemary, wine, salt, and pepper.
- Put the bowl in the fridge, leaving your chicken to marinate in the sauce and seasoning for roughly 30 minutes.
- Remove from the fridge and toss the chicken with the Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs before placing the chicken pieces on the skewers.
- Add your grill pan to the stove, set it to medium-high heat, brush a bit of oil on the grill pan, and then add your chicken skewers to it.
- Grill for about four minutes per side. Check the meat thermometer and make sure it reads 165 degrees F before removing the chicken from the pan.
- Prepare your Amogio sauce while your chicken cooks in the pan and serve it with the skewers.
What is Chicken Spiedini?
Chicken Spiedini is an American dish first created by Camillo Iacovelli, Agostino Iacovelli, and Peter Sharak. It consists of seasoned diced chicken in a fresh buttery sauce cooked on skewers.
What type of chicken do I need?
You’ll need boneless, skinless chicken breasts for this recipe. Be sure to chop the breasts into cubed pieces before you start seasoning them.
What is Amogio sauce?
Amogio sauce is a flavorful Italian sauce added to different meats, including this incredible chicken recipe. It consists of olive oil, garlic, butter, chopped parsley, and other fresh ingredients. It has that perfect buttery taste that pairs wonderfully with chicken.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- If you don’t have wine or don’t want to use it, feel free to replace it with chicken broth!
- After zesting a lemon, squeeze the juice and add it to the sauce for more flavor.
- When making the Chicken Spiedini on the grill, be sure to soak your skewers in some water for at least 30 minutes before you place them on the grill with the pieces of chicken attached to them.
Prepare an incredible meal from scratch with this Chicken Spiedini recipe. The juicy chicken is bursting with flavor from the fresh Amogio sauce added to it. If you want to enjoy an Italian-inspired meal, this is an excellent recipe.
More Italian chicken recipes we love
- Chicken Alfredo Lasagna Soup
- Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells
- Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Bake
- Chicken Alfredo Lasagna Soup
If you’ve made this recipe, please be sure to let us know by leaving a star rating or a comment below. Enjoy!
Chicken Spiedini with Amogio Sauce
Ingredients
For the chicken skewers:
- 2 lbs chicken breasts cut into 1-inch cubes
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup white wine optional
- 2 tbsp fresh rosemary finely chopped
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- Zest of 1 whole lemon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ¾ panko bread crumbs
- ⅓ Cup grated parmesan cheese
For the Amogio Sauce:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon chopped basil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Pinch red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss together the chicken, olive oil, wine, rosemary, oregano, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Place in the fridge to marinate for 20-30 minutes.
- Once marinated, toss in the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese until well coated. Skewer the chicken onto bamboo or metal skewers and set aside.
- Heat your grill pan over medium-high heat until warm. Brush on some oil to prevent the skewers from sticking. Grill the skewers for 4 minutes on each side until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
- While the chicken is cooking, add all the amogio sauce ingredients to a medium saucepan. Simmer, the remove from the heat. Serve alongside the skewers.
Notes
- In place of the wine, you can also use chicken broth.
- For the lemon juice in the sauce, juice the lemon you zested for the skewers!
- If cooking on a barbecue, soak the bamboo skewers in water for 30 minutes before using. If using a grill pan, you can skip this step.
Laurie says
This is the best!
Becky Hardin says
Who doesn’t love chicken spiedini?!
susan says
excellent! would make for company
Becky Hardin says
Let us know how it goes, Susan!
Patty J says
This recipe is a keeper! The chicken was so tender and flavorful. Everyone loved it!
Becky Hardin says
I love to hear that, Patty!