Pinchitos Morunos

"Delicious Spanish Tapa! Serve with crusty french bread and red wine and you're in business. Prep time includes marinating time."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Using a mortar and pestle, mash garlic, cilantro, cumin, paprika, thyme, salt and pepper.
  • Add olive oil and lemon juice or vinegar and mix well.
  • Place 4-5 pieces of meat on each skewer (for best results, first soak skewers 1/2 hour in water).
  • Put skewer in a container and top with marinade.
  • Let marinate for 2-3 hours, turning every once in a while.
  • Grill over medium heat until cooked through-- about 10-15 minutes, turning as needed.
  • Serve with lemon wedges and cilantro.
  • Note: These can be done in the oven too-375° for 15 minutes (about), turning once.

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Reviews

  1. There were 6 of us, so doubled the recipe, (none left,though). They were really good, using lamb fillet. Apart from marinading the were quick and easy to make and I added a mint-jelly dipper (sacrilege), but would cut down a little on garlic and cilantro next time.
     
  2. i made these tonight and they were basically inedible. i thought that i must have made a mistake. After double checking, i learn that i didn't. They tasted like chorizo which wouldn't have been bad had it not been for the texture. It was horribly grainy...like eating sand.
     
  3. Excellent!!!! What a wonderful appetizer. I didn't have any hot paprika so used what I had on hand (sweet) and added a heaped teaspoon of minced red chillies. Cooked these on the barbecue for approximately fifteen minutes and they were perfect. Thanks for a great recipe.
     
  4. These were a hit tonight at our Christmas tapas party. They were easy to make, and like another reviewer, we marinated the chicken, then threaded it on the skewers. I disn't have spicy paprika, so used a mix of sweet and smoked paprika and cayenne. Peopel were fighting for this dish.
     
  5. These little things are a great appetizer! The only difference was that I absolutely can't find hot paprika around here so I used the sweet Hungarian kind + some cayenne. I added a little bit more cumin and cilantro, too, two of my favorites... it was very easy, too. I marinated chicken cubes, then put them on the soaked skewers. Delicious treat! Thanks for posting this!
     
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