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Shish Kebab over Coals
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Shish Kebab over Coals

A classic meat shish kebab over coals with Middle Eastern spices

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, parsley, cumin, chili, turmeric, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Chill the mixture 60 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  3. 3
    Divide the mixture into balls the size of about 3 oz and, with wet hands, shape them into long logs around skewers.
    Skewers
  4. 4
    Heat a grill until the coals are glowing and some are covered with white ash.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  5. 5
    Grill the kebabs 3–4 minutes per side, until they are browned outside and done to your liking.
    Tongs
    💡Don't press the meat or flip it more than once: the juices run out and the meat dries out. It releases from the grate once the underside is browned.
  6. 6
    Serve hot with pita, salad and tahini.
516calories
31 gprotein
4 gcarbs
40 gfat
● protein 25%● carbs 3%● fat 72%

Per serving (222 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Skewers · Also works: Grill basket (Grill basket) · Toothpick (For small bites)
  • Tongs · Also works: Turner (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Pierces the meat)
  • Charcoal grill or Gas grill · one of them

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