Steaks
Balcony Electric Grill Kebabs (Beef or Chicken)
Kebabs are maybe the most underrated balcony grill recipe. They cook fast, use vegetables and protein together so you get a complete meal off one skewer, and they scale down from 4 skewers to 2 without changing the technique. The Weber Lumin Standard handles 4 full-sized kebabs comfortably, making this a proper dinner-party dish even from a balcony. The technical trick is cube size. Go 1.25 inches and the timing works out naturally, peppers and onions char at the same rate that beef reaches medium-rare. Deviate in either direction and you have to choose between burned vegetables or rare meat.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs beef sirloin (or chicken thigh), cut in 1.25-inch cubes
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 bell peppers, cut in 1.25-inch squares
- 1 red onion, cut in 1.25-inch chunks
- 8 oz cremini mushrooms
- Metal skewers
Instructions
- 01
Whisk oil, vinegar, garlic, and all the spices together. Pour over the meat and marinate 30 minutes (beef) or 2 hours (chicken).
- 02
Thread skewers: alternate meat, pepper, onion, mushroom, meat, and so on. Leave a small gap between pieces so all sides can char.
- 03
Preheat the grill to 450F.
- 04
Grill 3 minutes per side for a total of 12 minutes, rotating to hit all four sides of each cube.
- 05
Pull at 130F internal for medium-rare beef, 165F for chicken. Rest 5 minutes on the skewers before sliding off.
Pro Tips
From our kitchen
- ★1.25-inch cubes is the sweet spot. Smaller and the meat overcooks before the vegetables char; larger and the outside burns before the inside warms.
- ★Metal skewers beat bamboo. You can reuse them forever, they conduct heat into the center of each cube, and they do not require the pre-soak step.
- ★Alternate pieces by color and shape for dramatic presentation. Kebabs are as much about visual appeal as they are about flavor.
We recommend for this recipe
Weber Lumin Standard Electric Grill
The Weber Lumin Standard Electric Grill's 242 sq in surface and 600°f searing temperatures and larger cooking surface than compact make it our pick for this recipe.
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