Turkish Beef Shish Kabobs

grilled beef shish kabob skewers on a baking sheet.

5 from 4 votes

Turkish Beef Shish Kabobs

These Turkish beef shish kabobs are tender, easy, and cook in 5 minutes! Tender beef cubes are marinated with a tomato lemon herb marinade and then skewered with onion and bell pepper. Then these meat skewers are grilled on a hot flame.

Servings: people

Ingredients

3 lbs steak ribeye, strip, sirloin, or tenderloin
2 bell peppers
1 onion
4 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon dried Italian herbs
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 whole small lemons, squeezed about 4 to 5 tablespoon of lemon juice
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt and pepper to taste to taste

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Instructions

In a large bowl, add the tomato paste, lemon juice, garlic powder, dried Italian herbs, oil, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
Cut the beef into 1.5" (about 4 cm) cubes. Add the cubed beef to the marinade and mix until the beef is coated.
Chop the onion and bell pepper into chunks a similar diameter as the beef. Skewer the beef chunks, onion, and bell pepper.
Heat the grill to the highest temperature. Once the grill is hot, add the skewers. Grill until they start to char, then flip to the other side. Cooking time depends on how hot your grill is and how well done you want your steak. For this video, I grilled about 1 to 2 minutes then flipped for another 1 to 2 minutes.

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Notes

Try different cuts of meat for these beef shish kebabs. Try sirloin tips, top sirloin steak, beef tenderloin, ribeye, strip steak, and fillet mignon.
Cut the beef chunks not larger than 2". Because we are grilling these quickly, anything thicker will undercook on the inside of the kabob.
Use different vegetables for the skewer. It's fun to play with different flavor combinations such as cherry tomatoes, juicy pineapple chunks, mushrooms, and zucchini.
Grill Tips: These steak kebabs taste the best on an open fire. I prefer a wooden fire, with a charcoal fire coming in second. A gas grill also works; just make sure to get it hot. Watch the steak shish kabobs carefully on the fire. They cook quickly!
Use chicken or lamb. The chicken needs to cook on a less hot flame, but the lamb can be cooked the same as the beef.

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