The Amateur Chef

Beef shish kabobs, I mean what’s better than having marinated beef and fresh vegetables placed on the grill and BBQ’d to perfection? This is the ultimate cookout treat which you can easily make for your friends and family. After trying this recipe I don’t think you will ever try another recipe again. First things first, the meat, what meat do you use for a beef kabob? To make things simple, I will give you the two most common cuts of meat used for making kabobs, “top round” or “top sirloin”.

The key to having a good tasting beef kabob is the marinade. Now depending on your individual taste buds you can play with marinating time as you please.  I would recommend marinating the meat for at least 4 hours; I normally leave the beef in the marinade for approximately 15 hours. A simple trick if you want to marinate the beef for an extended period of time is to prepare the marinade and place the meat in the night or day before you BBQ. Pre-planning will allow the marinade to penetrate deep into each cut of beef, leaving behind great flavors when you are done.  Also another tip is when using bamboo skewers to let the skewers soak in water for at least an hour. By allowing them to soak in water, it will prevent the exposed portions of the skewer to burn.

Ingredients for marinade

This marinade is good for approximately 4lbs of beef.

Serves: 6-8

• 1/2 cup oil (vegetable, or canola)
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 3/4 cup light soy sauce (less soy if you only have regular, you do not want them so salty)
• 2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 3 garlic cloves (crushed, minced)
• 1 lemon juiced

Ingredients for construction of beef kabobs

• 3-4lbs of top sirloin beef
• 1 red pepper
• 1 green pepper
• 1 large onion

You can really add whichever vegetable you would like.

DIRECTIONS

Ok now that you have all the ingredients lets start off with placing your bamboo skewers in water and allowing them to soak in water for approximately one hour.

While you let the skewers soak in water take all the ingredients and place them into a bowl. Mental note you want to have a bowl large enough for all the ingredients for the marinade and the meat.

Next step is to cube you meat in large pieces 1”x1”. Place meat in the marinade in a covered bowl and allow to sit in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours depending on taste.

To assemble chop up your chosen vegetables into large pieces and alternate vegetables and meat, and place on a cooking sheet, backing rack, dish, ect

Now it is time to place them on the grill. Make sure your grill is pre-heated at a medium/high heat. Length of time on the grill will vary depending on how you like your meat cooked.

Hope you guys enjoy.