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Pinchos, Kabobs, meat on a stick or whatever you want to call it, it’s all great! In Puerto Rico you will find a version of pinchos no matter where you go and they can be purchased 24 hours a day, usually it’s bar food or street food. This is collaboration of pinchos. My mom marinaded the chicken and I marinaded the pork.
Mom’s Chicken Pincho
2 lbs. chicken thigh with almost all the fat trimmed off, de-boned, and sliced into large cubes
1 packet Sazon seasoning (goya)
1 tbsp. adobo seasoning (goya)
1 wild oregano leaf, minced
salt and pepper
1/4 cup grape seed oil (you can substitute with olive oil)
Marinade chicken for 25-30 minutes. Add red peppers, onion, or whatever you want to the chicken pincho and cook over a BBQ.
Eric’s Pork Pincho
2 lbs. pork shoulder, fat trimmed off and cut into large cubes
3/4 cup grape seed oil (you can substitute with olive oil)
6 garlic cloves crushed
1 tbsp. cumin
3 tbsp. salt (I like salty pork)
1 tbsp. sugar
2 limes, juiced
Marinade for 1 hour the cook with red peppers and onions or whatever you want then BBQ!!!
Enjoy,
Eric
Looks great! Just wondering, whose recipe was better?
Mom’s of course!
Eric
It’s always great when you get to cook with either you mom and/or dad. Goes to show where you learned your love for food and cooking.
It’s been a while. My parents lived with us for almost a year before they moved to Puerto Rico from Washington. I never really got a chance to cook since my mom was always cooking but when she left I filled the void with the cooking aspect, I just wish they still lived here.
Eric
Wow, what a coincidence that you put this up so recently! I need a pincho de pollo recipe for tomorrow. So do you combine all the ingredients to make the marinade for the chicken? Thanks!
Yup, just combine all the ingredients together and you should be good to go!
Enjoy,
Eric
You’re a good son Eric. I tell my husband that when our son grows up and gets married, he better tell everyone his mom’s cooking is the best. Future daughter-in-law, you’ve been warned. =)
Thanks! Mom makes the best stuff!
Eric
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It is fun to prepare and grill Kabobs.
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Hi Erick I think you should do a youtube with your mom and see which one looks better since we can’t taste it. but remember you would have to do it from scratch and mom to that way i could learn how to do them, I try it but the meat came out to small when cutting it and also some of the meat after putting it in the grill was raw, can you tell me what to do, or maybe mom. I also from puerto rican, that’s why i need a real old time puerto rican to teach me i was born in NJ. Also you should have your mom make on you tube and teach everyone how to make papas rellenas, (stuff Potato) and alcapurias. Just let me know when you are planning to youtube it, shoot me an email Please. Thanks. Nancy
My son fell in love with the chicken pinchos at Luquillo Beach. Trying to recreate it for him. Have found a couple of recipes. Is your or your mom’s recipe similiar? I’m sure mom’s is better.
Thank you
Tina
This recipe looks great! I’m trying to imitate some pinchos I had in PR and wondering: what would you add to the marinade to make it spicier?
Thanks in advance!
Crushed red pepper, hot sauce….
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the pincho recipe but I was wondering if you have the recipe for the sauce that goes on the pinchos. I cant find it anywhere and im craving pinchos so bad! thanks in advance.
Hey Eric,
I wanted to ask you…do you know how many calories are in a chicken pincho? I’ve been looking all over for it. I am trying to stay within my calories intake for the day but i love love love the pinchos here in Puerto Rico!!!! Please help! : )
Hey do you think I can use the chicken recipe for the pork ones
Sure.
you know sazon is basically just MSG right?
You know they don’t put MSG in sazon anymore right? Look it up.
My students used this recipe and everyone was amazed at how delicious they were. Thank you the recipe was simple enough to be used by students and parents enjoyed them. We prepared over 100 of them (30 pork and the rest chicken). Great receipe thank you.