Suya (Meat on Stick)

PanNan's Note:

This recipe is from "My Cooking" West African Cookbook by Dokpe Lillian Ogunsanya. It's posted for the Zaar World Tour event 2008.

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 skewers

• 1 lb lean beef , boneless (sirloin for example)
• 1 ½ tablespoons natural-style peanut butter (ground roasted peanuts)
• 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon ginger powder
• ½ tablespoon red cayenne pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 bouillon cubes (such as Maggi)

Directions:

1. Cut meat into thin flat slices about 1/2 inch thick.
2. Mix the ground peanut, ginger, pepper, cloves and bouillon in a small bowl.
3. Thread meat on 4 large wide skewers.
4. Coat meat with mixture and brush with oil.
5. Grill until meat is brown on both sides and cooked to desired degree.

Reviews

[realbirdlady]

Easy and tasty. Quite hot - I would use half as much cayenne next time. My peanut mixture was more crumbly than spreadable, so I added some of the oil to make a paste.

[jkoch960]

Incredibly tasty dish! We both loved the wonderful flavor combination and the "kick" from the spices! In addition, it was very easy to make. Definitely a keeper! Made for ZWT4

[CraftScout]

Yum! The taste was wonderful, the prep was a little time consuming, but not as bad as I expected, and it was done FAST. I couldn't find Maggi brand bouillon cubes, so I substituted the squishy Knorr ones. I accidentally mixed the oil in with the ground peanuts mixture, but this apparently did not affect the cooking at all (when I reread the recipe and noticed my error, I thought it might cause them to stick). I'll be making this again, thanks for posting. Made for ZWT4.