Beef and Vegetable Kabobs
Recipe from Midwest Living

Spice up purchased barbecue sauce to quickly make a zesty marinade for your next cookout. Add the marinated beef to skewers with zucchini, sweet peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Delicious!


Beef and Vegetable Kabobs

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Servings: 5 servings
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 6 hrs 32 mins

 
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Ingredients
  • 1-1/2 pounds
    beef sirloin steak, cut 1 inch thick, and/or skinless, boneless chicken breasts and/or thighs
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  • 1/2 cup
    barbecue sauce
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  • 1/4 cup
    water
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  • 2 to 4 cloves
    garlic, minced
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  • 2 tablespoons
    dried minced onion
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  • 2 tablespoons
    sugar
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  • 2 tablespoons
    steak sauce
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  • 2 tablespoons
    vinegar
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  • 2 tablespoons
    Worcestershire sauce
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  • 2 tablespoons
    cooking oil
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  • 1/2 teaspoon
    salt
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  • 2 medium
    onions, each cut into 8 wedges
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  • 10 to 12 medium
    fresh button mushrooms, stems removed
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  • 1 medium
    zucchini, halved and sliced 1/2 inch thick
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  • 1 large
    red or green sweet pepper, cut into 1-inch pieces
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Directions
1.
Cut steak into 1-inch cubes. Or, cut chicken into 1-inch pieces. Put steak and/or chicken in a plastic bag set in a shallow dish.
2.
For marinade: In a saucepan, mix the barbecue sauce, water, garlic, dried onion, sugar, steak sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire, oil, and salt. Bring to just boiling. Cool. Pour over steak or chicken; seal bag. Marinate in refrigerator for 6 to 8 hours or overnight.
3.
In a saucepan, cook onions, covered, in small amount of boiling water for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook for 1 minute more. Drain. Thread vegetables onto five 6-inch metal skewers with zucchini and sweet pepper pieces.
4.
Drain meat, reserving marinade; thread meat onto five 6-inch metal skewers. Cook on rack of uncovered grill over medium heat for 12 to 14 minutes or till done, turning halfway through. In saucepan, heat marinade until bubbly.
5.
Grill vegetables over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, turning occasionally; brush with heated marinade.
6.
Serve immediately with warm marinade. Makes 5 servings.

Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 372, Total Fat 18 g, Cholesterol 91 mg, Sodium 652 mg, Carbohydrate 19 g. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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