German Style Grilled Pork Kebab

Submitted by bur0203

"Pork kebabs are popular in Germany for grilling. This is an easy recipe that works out great as snacks or the main dish. The trick is to slice the pork thin and skewer it right to get the pork crisp on the outside. Can be made with either Pork belly or Pork shoulder. Pork shoulder makes it a very cheap dish."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 12 kebab skewers
• Serves: 3

ingredients

• 6 slices pork belly, about 1/2 an inch thick cut into long thin pieces or
• 1 lb pork shoulder, cut into 1/2 inch thick long thin pieces

• Spice Mix

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄8 teaspoon curry powder
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 2 bay leaves, ground in a mortar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon thyme
• 1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
• olive oil, extra virgin

directions

1. Mix all the spices and let them sit for a while, than add the Olive oil.
2. You can fill extra in a canning jar, it will last a long time.
3. Wrap the pork belly in a spiral around the wood skewer. The alternative is to poke through the middle of the slices. Soak the wood skewers in water before you wrap the pork around it.
4. Apply the olive oil spice mix to the meat on the skewers.
5. Optional let the prepared skewer sit in the refrigerator for 1 to 4 hours.
6. Put the wood skewers on the Grill and and rotate them every minute until they reach the desired doneness. It should not take long than 5 minutes. You can apply more of the olive oil marinade during the grilling if you want a more intense taste, it is usually not necessary.

Reviews

[Benjamin Z.]

Disclosure: I haven't made these yet, but I just had them this evening at a cookout/BBQ in Frankfurt. And they were AWESOME. I will be making these as soon as I get back to the states. The ones in the picture below look exactly like the ones that were served to us tonight, so I suspect that the spice mix is the exact same one as well. They were served slightly charred, and they were one of the best things I have tried in living memory. I don't know of any "German Street Food", but this should be it!