These sweet chilli halloumi kebabs take minutes to prepare and taste great with vegetables, tortellini and halloumi all grilled to perfection.
The marinade is just sweet chilli sauce and olive oil, so this is a perfect little recipe to put together when you're low on time and need to serve something up for the vegetarians.
All you do is cut everything into fairly even-sized chunks, push them onto skewers and grill! The results are so tasty, no one will guess they were so simple to make.
Since this is a meat-free recipe, I used store-bought cheese and tomato tortellini, but you can use any filled pasta you like.
Here's the full recipe for my sweet chilli halloumi kebabs.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 100 g (3.5 oz) cheese and tomato tortellini (vegetarian if required) cooked and drained
- 1 red peppers deseeded and cut into 2-3cm (1 inch) pieces
- 1 courgette cut in 2-3cm (1 inch) half moons
- 225 g (8 oz) halloumi cheese (vegetarian if required) cut into 2-3cm (1 inch) pieces
Equipment
- Wooden skewers (soaked in water to prevent burning)
Instructions
Put the sweet chilli sauce and olive oil in a bowl.
Mix and set aside.
Push the courgette, tortellini, halloumi and red pepper pieces onto your skewers in a repeating pattern.
Lay your skewers on a plate and brush generously on both sides with your chilli marinade. Cover and chill until you're ready to cook.
Place the skewers on the BBQ or in a griddle pan.
Cook for just long enough for them to pick up some colour on each side.
Brush with any remaining chilli marinade and serve.
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Sweet Chilli Halloumi Kebabs Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 100 g (3.5 oz) cheese and tomato tortellini (vegetarian if required) cooked and drained
- 1 red peppers deseeded and cut into 2-3cm (1 inch) pieces
- 1 courgette cut in 2-3cm (1 inch) half moons
- 225 g (8 oz) halloumi cheese (vegetarian if required) cut into 2-3cm (1 inch) pieces
Equipment
- Wooden skewers (soaked in water to prevent burning)
Instructions
- Mix the sweet chilli sauce and olive oil together in a bowl and set aside.
- Push the courgette, tortellini, halloumi and red pepper pieces onto your skewers in a repeating pattern.
- Lay your skewers on a plate and brush generously on both sides with your chilli marinade.
- Cover and chill until you're ready to cook.
- Place the skewers on the BBQ or in a griddle pan. Cook for just long enough for them to pick up some colour on each side.
- Brush with any remaining chilli marinade and serve.
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Kevin Chambers-Paston says
I'd never have thought of using tortellini like this, but I am sure going to try it now! Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe with the world :)
Kavey says
Such a novel idea, love it!
Helen says
What a great idea! And just in time for our BBQ summer... ;-)
kellie@foodtoglow says
Brilliant idea, Emily. If the weather ever decides to co-operate I"m sure this will be used by many of us. Love this!
nazima says
so beautiful. A simple but genius recipe Emily.
peter @feedyoursoultoo says
Love the addition of the tortellini. Totally different and goes so well together with the veggies.
Janie says
I love everything about this dish, from the novel way to cook pasta (duh, why have I never tried this over a campfire??!) to the scrummy photos - have shared it all over the internet just because :D
Janie x
Emily Leary says
Thank you! :)
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
I am sooooooooo going to try these Emily.
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
This is so creative Emily. I never would have thought to put pasta on a skewer. I am definitely trying this.
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Genius!! I adore both tortellini and halloumi, I know I would absolutely love these! It's always nice to find something different to put on a BBQ for us veggies :)