# Chicken Pickle Skewers

This recipe features chicken marinated in pickle brine, skewered with pickle slices, grilled, and then baked, served with a garlic ranch sauce.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 jar (24 ounce) dill pickle chips
- 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar
- 1.75 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken thighs, excess fat trimmed, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 4 teaspoons olive oil
- 1.5 teaspoons ranch dressing mix
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 0.25 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon ranch dressing mix
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill
- 0.125 teaspoon kosher salt

## Instructions

1. Remove the pickles from the brine, but don't toss them.
2. Add brown sugar and a little salt into the pickle brine and stir to dissolve.
3. Add pieces of boneless, skinless chicken thighs right to the brine in the jar and let it marinate for at least a few hours or up to 12 hours.
4. Thread the chicken onto skewers with the pickle slices.
5. Dry off the skewers.
6. Brush the skewers with a little oil.
7. Season the skewers with ranch seasoning and salt.
8. Sear the skewers in a grill pan to get grill flavor and color.
9. Finish cooking the skewers in a 400-degree oven for about 12 minutes.
10. While the skewers cook, melt butter and garlic together in a pan.
11. Stir in more ranch seasoning, fresh dill, chicken broth, and a little more butter.
12. Generously drizzle the sauce over the chicken skewers.

## Equipment

- grill pan
- oven
- small bowl
- jar
- baking sheet
- aluminum foil
- skewer
- tongs
- brush
- whisk
- garlic press
- pan

## Tips

- Pickle juice makes for a good chicken brine.
- Dry off the skewers before grilling.
- Sear the skewers on the grill pan to get grill flavor and color, then finish them off in the oven.
- The chicken should reach an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-07-02

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