Marinated pork-and-vegetable kabobs

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
12 smalls Unpeeled round red potatoes, (1 pound)
12 larges Fresh mushrooms, (10 ounces)
1 pounds Pork tenderloin
16 slices Zucchini, (1/2-inch) (9 ounces)
1 large Green bell pepper, (10 ounces) cut into 24-1-inch pieces
1 large Red bell pepper, (10 ounces) cut into 24-1-inch pieces
½ cup Low-sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh oregano
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh thyme
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Pepper
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
Vegetable cooking spray

Directions

Place potatoes in a saucepan, and add water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook 15 minutes or until tender; drain. Pour cold water over potatoes; drain and cut potatoes in half, and set aside.

Discard mushroom stems, and halve mushroom caps lengthwise; set aside.

Trim fat from pork, and cut pork into 16 (1-½-inch) cubes.

Combine pork, potatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, and bell peppers in a large zip-top heavy-duty plastic bag. Add chicken broth and next 7 ingredients; seal bag, and marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours, turning bag occasionally.

Remove pork and vegetables from bag, reserving marinade. Thread 3 potato halves, 3 mushroom halves, 2 pork cubes, 2 zucchini slices, 3 green bell pepper pieces, and 3 red bell pepper pieces alternately onto each of 8 (12-inch) skewers.

Coat grill rack with cooking spray, and place rack on grill over medium-hot coals. Place kabobs on grill rack, and cook 6 minutes on each side or until pork is done, basting occasionally with thereserved marinade. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 skewers).

Per serving: 467 Calories; 9g Fat (16% calories from fat); 38g Protein; 66g Carbohydrate; 74mg Cholesterol; 421mg Sodium Recipe by: Cooking Light, July/Aug 1993, page 128 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #429 by igor@... on Jan 28, 1997.

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