CHICKEN AND PROSCIUTTO SKEWERS WITH LEMON GRIDDLED ASPARAGUS
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- skin removed
- 4 slices prosciutto
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 8 stalks asparagus
- 1 lemon
- zest and juice
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Soak four kebab sticks in cold water for ten minutes. Shake to dry.
- Cut the chicken into four long thin strips. Wrap a slice of prosciutto around each chicken strip. Carefully thread a strip
- lenthways in a zigzag
- onto each kebab stick.
- Heat a griddle pan on a medium heat. Pour on the olive oil. Cook the kebabs on the griddle for 8-10 minutes
- until the ham is crisp and the chicken is cooked through
- turning them over after five minutes. (The chicken is cooked through when the juices run clear when pierced in the thickest part with a skewer.) Keep the chicken in a warm place and keep the griddle on the heat.
- For the asparagus
- snap off the tough woody end of the stalks. Rub the rest of the asparagus stalks with olive oil
- sprinkle over the lemon zest and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper
- to taste.
- Cook the asparagus on the hot griddle pan
- turning every few minutes
- until the asparagus is slightly charred and tender. Pour over the lemon juice.
- Place the chicken and prosciutto skewers on a plate with the lemon griddled asparagus alongside and serve.

