Pinchitos Morunos

Submitted by canarygirl

"Delicious Spanish Tapa! Serve with crusty french bread and red wine and you're in business. Prep time includes marinating time."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3⁄4 3/4 lb beef or 3/4 lb pork, cut into smaller cubes (about 3/4" or less)
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 tablespoon cilantro (about)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin seed
• 3 -4 tablespoons spicy paprika
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon leaf thyme
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice or 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• salt and pepper

directions

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

Reviews

[Nelly]

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.

 

[Pink Kitchenaid Lov]

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.

 

[Fairy Nuff]

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.

 

[JustJanS]

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.

 

[EdsGirlAngie]

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!