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Grilled Spiced Lamb Skewers
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Grilled Spiced Lamb Skewers

Juicy lamb skewers with Middle Eastern spices – a classic barbecue dish

⏱ 32 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the ground meat with the onion, parsley, cumin, paprika, chili, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
  2. 2
    Chill the mixture 60 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  3. 3
    With wet hands, shape the mixture into long logs around skewers.
    Skewers

To assemble

  1. 4
    Heat a grill to high heat.
    Charcoal grillorGas grill
  2. 5
    Lightly rub the olive oil on the grill grate.
    Pastry brush
  3. 6
    Grill the skewers 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.
  4. 7
    Serve with pita, a vegetable salad and tahini.
345calories
25 gprotein
3 gcarbs
26 gfat
● protein 29%● carbs 4%● fat 68%

Per serving (180 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5)

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Pastry brush · Also works: Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Spread with the back of a spoon, less even) · Paper towels (Paper towel dipped in oil)
  • 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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