Grilled Vegetable and Mushroom Kebabs

Grilled Vegetable and Mushroom Kebabs are the perfect side dish anytime you have the grill going. You can use a variety of different vegetable combinations, they are so simple to prepare and grilling them gives them so much awesome flavor. 

You've probably seen all kinds of vegetable combinations coming out of my kitchen. The fact is, that I adore veggies, especially when they are sautéed or roasted. They are the part of the meal that I look forward to the most. As soon as I load up my plate with meat, starch and veggies, I will pounce on the veggies first.

For the first 8 years of our married life, Sergi and I were apartment dwellers. Now that we have our own home with a backyard and grill handy, we make good use of it. With the grill only a few steps away from our kitchen, it makes it very easy to prep everything in the nice, air conditioned house, step outside to put the food on the grill (keeping all the heat and cooking mess out there) and in just a short time enjoy some charred, crisp but tender vegetables.

This is my favorite combination - zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and red onion. The mushrooms add so much heartiness to the kebabs, you could serve this to vegetarians, since it's very filling, but it will make all the meat eaters happy too. We all appreciate tasty food, don't we?

Ingredients:

2 small or 1 large zucchini, sliced into ½ inch thick pieces

1 large red bell pepper, cut into 1 - 1 ½ inch pieces

1 small or ½ of a large yellow, orange or green bell pepper, cut into 1 - 1 ½ inch pieces

½ of a large red onion, cut into 1 - 1 ½ inch pieces

8 oz mushrooms, large ones cut in half

½ - ¾ of a pint of cherry tomatoes

1 garlic clove, minced

1 teaspoon dry herb mixture

2 Tablespoon fresh herb mixture (thyme, rosemary, parsley, green onions, dill, etc.)

¼ cup olive oil

2 Tablespoons vinegar (red wine, balsamic or sherry kinds of vinegar), optional

salt, ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions:

Cut all the vegetables into the appropriate size, so that they all cook at the same rate. Place all the vegetables in a large bowl. Add the olive oil, minced garlic, dry herbs, fresh herbs and minced garlic. Sometimes, I also add some balsamic vinegar, or other vinegars, like red wine vinegar, or sherry vinegar. It adds really great flavor, sweetness and acidity. Mix to combine. Thread all the vegetables onto metal or bamboo skewers. You can place them on the skewers in any order, just make sure to end the skewer with a pepper or a mushroom. The zucchini, tomatoes and onions may slide right off and then can go between your grill grates when you're flipping them over or taking them off the grill.

Preheat your grill on high for at least 15 minutes, covered. Clean the grill grates and then use a wad of paper towels dipped in oil and a pair of tongs to brush over the grill grates several times. Place the kebabs on the hot grill, decrease the heat just a bit to medium-high heat and grill for about 15 minutes total, turning them over halfway through,  just until the vegetables and mushrooms are tender and as golden as you like them to be.

Sometimes, I like to keep the mushrooms whole and place them on separate skewers and grill them longer, so they get a nice char, otherwise, the rest of the vegetables will be too mushy and falling apart. Garnish the grilled kebabs with more fresh herbs.

Grilled Vegetable and Mushroom Kebabs

Olga Klyuchits

Grilled Vegetable and Mushroom Kebabs are the perfect side dish anytime you have the grill going. You can use a variety of different vegetable combinations, they are so simple to prepare and grilling them gives them so much awesome flavor.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 2 small or 1 large zucchini sliced into ½ inch thick pieces
• 1 large red bell pepper cut into 1 - 1 ½ inch pieces
• 1 small or ½ of a large yellow orange or green bell pepper, cut into 1 - 1 ½ inch pieces
• ½ of a large red onion cut into 1 - 1 ½ inch pieces
• 8 oz mushrooms large ones cut in half
• ½ - ¾ of a pint of cherry tomatoes
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 teaspoon dry herb mixture
• 2 Tablespoon fresh herb mixture thyme, rosemary, parsley, green onions, dill, etc.
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 Tablespoons vinegar balsamic, red wine or sherry kinds of vinegar, optional
• salt ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

 

• Cut all the vegetables into the appropriate size, so that they all cook at the same rate. Place all the vegetables in a large bowl. Add the olive oil, minced garlic, dry herbs, fresh herbs and minced garlic. You can also add balsamic, red wine or sherry vinegar. Mix to combine.
• Thread all the vegetables onto metal or bamboo skewers. You can place them on the skewers in any order, just make sure to end the skewer with a pepper or a mushroom. The zucchini, tomatoes, and onions may slide right off and then can go between your grill grates when you're flipping them over or taking them off the grill.
• Preheat your grill on high for at least 15 minutes, covered. Clean the grill grates and then use a wad of paper towels dipped in oil and a pair of tongs to brush over the grill grates several times.
• Place the kebabs on the hot grill, decrease the heat just a bit to medium-high and grill for about 15 minutes total, just until the vegetables and mushrooms are tender and as golden as you like them to be, turning them over halfway through.
• Garnish the grilled kebabs with more fresh herbs.
• Yields: 8-10 kebabs

Notes

Sometimes, I like to keep the mushrooms whole and place them on separate skewers and grill them longer, so they get a nice char, otherwise, the rest of the vegetables will be too mushy and falling apart.