Ground Beef Skewers

 

I had too much ground beef left over and couldn’t decide what to do with it. There’s hamburger or spaghetti meat sauce, I suppose. 

I thought, why not make something similar to seekh kebabs out of it instead?

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup soaked stale bread crumbs
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 4 tblsp seasoned salt
• 2 tblsp vegetable oil
• 2 tblsp ginger paste
• 2 tblsp minced garlic
• 1 tblsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1. Soak 12 10-12” bamboo skewers for two hours.
2. Squeeze out the liquid from the soaked bread crumbs. Mix with the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl. The mixture should be wet enough to form meatballs but not too wet that liquid comes out when squeezed. If the mixture is too dry, add an egg. If it is too wet, squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
3. Divide into 12 portions. Form each one around a bamboo skewer no more than halfway along the length. Grill or broil until done.
4. Serve with sambal olek/salsa/pico de gallo and small salad. I did a sambal olek/agave syrup mix.