Kofta Kebabs - Grilled Meatball on a Stick - Food Wishes

I'm excited to share this Kofta Kebab, which is one of my all-time favorite things to grill. This is perfect for when you want to take a break from grilling burgers, but you also kinda want a burger, since this is basically a Mediterranean-style meatball on a stick. Enjoy!

[pheflin]

At Jose Andres’ Zaytinya. He has one of the cook’s grandmother come in 1-2 times a week to make the kofta for the restaurant. She has her own corner and everyone is instructed to give her whatever she needs and to stay out of her way. She just sits there for a couple of hours and makes hundreds

[mudababy]

if you think about it, it's kind of weird that I love a chef who I've never, nor will meet, and his videos make me happy and not only because of recipes for super tasty food!
thank you Chef John

[DrJoySmithMaxwell]

I'm not a cook, but in our house, we just ❤ Chef John & his humor. Thx much for your fun vid.s 😊

[ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣΤΕΡΖΙΔΗΣ-λχ]

Chef John we loove your recipes, but even more the way you present them.

[lizh]

I use to buy Kofta at a Mediterranean market. I never made the missiles, always made burgers with chopped veggies and tzatziki. Glad to find a good recipe to make at home. Thank you Chef John. You are the mosta of the kofta.

[heythere]

I typed all of this using Chef John’s voice inflection:

Sub the water for onion juice/water
Add 1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon
Add 1 small, seeded, diced tomato
While on the grill, brush with onion juice/water

[asepsisaficionado]

Normally skewers are removed before serving and you place the meat on top of the rice or bread it's served with so the meat juices can soak into the absorbent grains.

[shimmer]

I bought kofta meatballs from loblaws in Canada. I cooked 4 and uses tzaziki as a sauce on side. I went to heaven. My home smelled amazing fir rest of the day. I'd Love to try ur creation it looks heavenly.

[abouttime]

looove kofta. Grilled on a skewer or braised in the oven it’s a very comforting dish

[sandralouth]

I love kofta. I like to simmer the browned kofta in a crushed tomato, cilantro, mint, onion, coriander, garlic and Aleppo pepper sauce and serve with rice and a Mediterranean bread salad using toasted pita.

[mrfoameruk]

We have a kebab shop near us called Abrakebabra.

[catalindeluxus]

Love your positivity as well as the joy of finding your videos about any new recipe I'd like to try. Thank you Chef John! 😎

[hoddtoward]

Kofta/luleh are good but Koobideh is my favorite due to saffron and the sense of accomplishment when it doesn't fall off the skewer.

[aamer]

this is very close to syrian kebabs, I like the spin of adding the toasted bread to the meat, definitely gonna try that one.

[milesparris]

I had the same exact grill. It worked well for a couple years as a grill, and served as a place to set and light the charcoal chimney for a couple more years after I got a good grill.

[clairewyndham]

I learned to make this from my Syrian neighbors. We couldn't talk to each other, but good food doesn't need an interpretation. She used pine nuts, touch of cinnamon, garlic and the lemon zest..heaven! Shes the one that taught me to use 2 skewers instead of one so as the fat melts ( the fat that always there) when you turn the meat on the grill, it won't "spin"..

[dannyf]

I tried your recipe last weekend and my family & kids loved it. Made extras for next day and was still very tasty. Thank you for posting the tutorial.

[TheBeetrootman]

Looks really good! I like to use cumin, coriander, nutmeg, cinnamon and sumac.

[julias]

It charms me John, that you have a janky old $15 grill. A great cook doesn’t need to rely on “state of the art” equipment. I’m a seamstress and my mentor told me once, “a good seamstress doesn’t need a serger”. Amen. Keep on cookin!

[edbe]

Chef John, please show us how to make that amazing middle eastern hot sauce that goes with these.