Middle Eastern Spiced Ground Pork Kebab Recipes

MIDDLE EASTERN SPICED GROUND PORK KEBAB

Steps:

• Place the ground pork (can use ground chicken or turkey also) in a large bowl.
• Add the bread, the cumin,cinnamon,nutmeg and salt & pepper.
• Add fresh garlic, diced onions and the fresh chopped mint. Mix throughly with your hands until all the ingrediants are fully incorparated.
• Make meatballs out of the mixture, next flaten the meatballs so they are more oval shapped and set aside on a plate.
• Get a skillet and spray with Pam cooking spray. Add the olive oil and turn heat to high. Brown the meatballs in the skillet until brown on all sides.
• Add 2 or 3 tablespoons of water to the skillet, turn the heat to medium and cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until coked all the way through.
• Serve with rice or in a pita with Tzatziki sauce which is a Greek cucumber and yogurt sauce.
• Makes 14- 16 small to medim sized meatballs
• *Double the recipe and cook and freeze for easy meals later in the week.

KABAB (KEBABS OR MIDDLE EASTERN SKEWERS)

Steps:

• mix all ingredients in a food processor, pulse for a few seconds just enough to mix them. If you don't have a food processor, mix them well with your hands in a bowl.
• shape like jumbo hotdogs, not footlong just 3 inches long :P
• skewer them and grill each side until cooked; you can put 2 kebabs for each skewer then serve warm.