African Piri - Piri Kabobs

Derf's Note:

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.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 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 ½ teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano , crushed
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground piri-piri pepper or ½ teaspoon ground red pepper

Directions:

1. Peel sweet potatoes, if desired and cut into 1 1/4 inch cubes.
2. Cook potatoes in lightly salted boiling water for 5 minutes or until slightly tender.
3. Drain, cool slightly.
4. 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.
5. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle generously with piri-piri spice.
6. Place kabobs on the lightly oiled rack of the grill directly over medium heat.
7. Grill for 25 to 35 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender, turning occasionally.

Reviews

[Derf]

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.

[Spiceoflife2627]

This is awesome you realy have to try it.