Chicken and shrimp brochettes

My menu for the super bowl just had to include some grilling action! The marinade I used is the easiest thing to make and gives chicken and shrimp alike a very fresh and tangy flavor.

Ingredients:

Cilantro (always fresh in all my recipes)
Cumin
Paprika
Salt/Pepper
garlic powder
Lemon juice (3 oz)
Olive oil (4 oz)

Directions:

• Clean your chicken breasts and cut them into cubes
• Clean the shrimp and set aside
• Chop cilantro and place in a bowl, add spices, garlic powder and about 3oz of lemon juice and 2 oz of water and mix well.
• Add this mixture to the chicken cubes and to the shrimp (keep in seperate containers)
• Place the containers in the fridge until ready to grill (overnight will only taste better)
• Once ready to grill, add olive oil and mix until all pieces are coated
• Tip 1: holding off on adding olive oil helps the chicken and shrimp absorb the marinade better when you don't have time to wait for it to penetrate so if you're preparing the brochettes for the next day, you can add your olive oil to the marinade and no water.
• Tip 2: If you don't want your bamboo skerwers to burn like mine did in the picture; soak them in water for 30 minutes...Umm I didn't have time :-)

Enjoy!