Shish Kabob A La Holly Recipes

THE BEST SHISH KEBABS

Steps:

• Soak the skewers in water for at least 15 minutes and up to overnight. Pat them dry and spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk the vinegar, scallions, Dijon, garlic, sugar, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper in a medium bowl or large liquid measuring cup. Whisking constantly, slowly drizzle in the olive oil until emulsified.
• Put the beef pieces, bell peppers, onions and zucchini in a large resealable plastic bag. Reserve 1/4 cup marinade and pour the rest into the bag and seal. Toss the bag so the meat and vegetables are well coated. Marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours and up to overnight.
• Prepare a grill for medium-high heat.
• Thread the meat and vegetables onto a skewer in the following order: beef, zucchini, red pepper, yellow pepper and onion. Repeat the threading three more times, ending with a piece of beef (there should be 5 pieces of beef and 4 pieces of each vegetable on the skewer). Repeat with the remaining skewers and ingredients.
• Sprinkle the kebabs with 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Grill at an angle, uncovered, until deep char marks form and the vegetables start to soften, 5 to 6 minutes. Flip the skewers and continue cooking until the beef has reached an internal temperature of 125 degrees F when measured with an instant-read thermometer, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from the grill and brush the kebabs with the reserved 1/4 cup marinade. Let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

SHISH KABOB A LA HOLLY

Steps:

• Soak the skewers in water for 1 hour.
• Onto each skewer, alternately thread green bell pepper chunks, shrimp, zucchini slices, chicken, cherry tomatoes, steak, onion, mushroom; repeat until skewer is full. Drizzle olive oil over the prepared skewers; season with 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. Allow to marinate in refrigerator at least 3 hours, turning every 45 minutes.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Cook the fettuccini in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain. Toss the hot pasta in a large bowl with the softened butter and 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
• While the pasta boils, cook the skewers on the preheated grill, turning frequently until nicely browned on all sides, the shrimp are pink and opaque, and the meat is no longer pink in the center, 10 to 15 minutes. Push the cooked meat and vegetables off the skewer onto the tossed pasta.

LA CHOY MARINADE / SHISHKEBAB

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, and pour over 1 inch cubes of sirloin steak - as much as you can afford/need to feed the number of guests. Cover and let marinate for at least 2 hours in fridge (better overnight).
• Halve onion, seperating out each layer into an individual piece. Cut zucchini into circular pieces about 1/2 inch thick, cut Bell pepper, removing seeds and inner stem, into 2 inch diameter pieces. If mushrooms are very large (bigger than 2 inches diameter), they may be halved; otherwise keep them whole. Skewer meat, alternating with veggies (I have found it is best to keep the bell pepper from touching any meat, though - best to "block" it with an onion piece). If you have a choice of skewers, get the flat-bladed kind instead of the round kind (with the round kind, cherry tomatoes always spin cooked-side-down on the grill).
• BBQ until done. YUM. Friends who have tried it with chicken say it is good with it too. I always use RED wine vinegar (because I always use sirloin), but if you are doing chicken, I suppose white would be ok too.