Ground Beef Kabobs
Ground Beef Kabobs - easy recipe - juicy ground beef (or sub lamb or turkey) infused with warm Mediterranean spices molded on skewers and grilled to perfection.
Servings: 4
Calories:
Equipment
- Grill
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef can sub lamb or combination
- 2 large cloves garlic minced
- 1 small onion minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- wooden skewers
Instructions
- Add the ground meat to a medium size bowl then sprinkle on the spices, garlic, onion and parsley. Gently mix with your hands, making sure the spices are combined without overmixing.
- If meat mixture is sticky place bowl in the freezer for 10 minutes before you add it to the skewers. Soak wood skewers in water.
- Remove meat from the freezer and using your hand, score it into 4 approximately equal sections.
- Mold each piece around the skewers leaving room at the ends of each skewer.
Grilling the Koftas:
- Preheat the grill to high heat - approximately 450 degrees.
- Transfer the prepared kabobs to the grill and cook about 5 minutes per side (10 minutes total) or until they reach in internal temperature of 155 to 160°.
- Remove from the grill and serve right away.