African Piri - Piri Kabobs

Name: African Piri - Piri Kabobs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb sweet potato; 1 lb boneless venison, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces (I will use beef); 2 red sweet peppers, cut up; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons purchased piri-piri, spice (or make your own with this recipe); 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika; 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground piri-piri pepper or 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper

Submitted by Derf2440

"For Bergy, hope this is the right piri-piri spice mix. Found this in B H & G and will try it this weekend. Looks wonderful in the picture and sounds great. It will be interesting to see how it works. Will comment after I try it and let you all know."

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photo by L. Duch

Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 4-8

ingredients

1 lb sweet potato
1 lb boneless venison, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces (I will use beef)
2 red sweet peppers, cut up
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons purchased piri-piri, spice (or make your own with this recipe)
Piri-piri spice mix
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground piri-piri pepper or 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper

directions

Peel sweet potatoes, if desired and cut into 1 1/4 inch cubes.
Cook potatoes in lightly salted boiling water for 5 minutes or until slightly tender.
Drain, cool slightly.
Alternately thread the sweet potato, venison or beef and sweet pepper pieces on 4 long metal skewers, leaving a 1/4 inch space between pieces.
Brush with olive oil and sprinkle generously with piri-piri spice.
Place kabobs on the lightly oiled rack of the grill directly over medium heat.
Grill for 25 to 35 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender, turning occasionally.

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Reviews

well I didn't get around to buying the beef I wanted to try this on but did try the spice mix on chicken, it was great! I would say medium heat, if you like it hot hot add more cayenne. We skewered the skinless boneless chicken and brushed olive oil over and liberally sprinkled the piri-piri spice mix over both sides and DH bbq'd them.We loved them; served with bbq'd tomatoes, stuffed with asparagus, onion and wild rice mix. Very enjoyable meal, I will use the spice mix on a lot of different things.

Derf2440
This is awesome you realy have to try it.

Spiceoflife2627
VERY NICE blend of spices. Just the right amount of heat. I used cubed sirloin alternated with lemon slices, apple and banana peppers. I also drizzled a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice over the kabobs before I sprinkled an ample amount of spice mix. I let it set to marinate for about an hour before grilling. Cooked it to medium rare. A definate keeper. I'm even going to make a bigger batch of spice blend to keep on hand for when I want to use it. It will go really good on any meat or veggie. Thanks Derf, for a really tasty taste of Africa :-)

L. Duch

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