Spiced Beef Skewer Rice Bowls

🥘 Ingredients

• basmati rice
  1 c
• butter
  2 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  2 unit
• ground beef
  20 oz
• hummus
  1 tbsp
• lemon
  1 unit
• mini cucumber
  2 unit
• olive oil
  5 tsp
• onion
  1 unit
• pepper
• salt
• shawarma spice blend
  2 tbsp
• tomato
  2 unit
• water
  3 c

🍳 Cookware

• wooden skewers
• box grater
• small pan
• medium bowl
• medium bowl
• medium bowl
• pita

1. 

   1

   Heat broiler to high. Place wooden skewers in a shallow dish and cover with water to soak.
2. 

   2

   onion : Halve, peel, and dice half the onion; grate the remaining half on the largest holes of a box grater .

   onion: 1 unit
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a small pan over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and a pinch of salt . Cook, stirring often, until lightly browned and softened, 3-4 minutes.

   olive oil: 1 tsp, salt
4. 

   4

   Add basmati rice , water (1½ cups for 4 servings), chicken stock concentrate (save half for later), and shawarma spice blend (1 tsp for 4 servings). Bring to boil, then cover and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

   basmati rice: 1 c, water: 3 c, chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, shawarma spice blend: 1 tbsp
5. 

   5

   Meanwhile, bring butter to room temperature. Wash and dry all produce. Finely dice tomato . Trim and finely dice mini cucumber . Quarter lemon .

   butter: 2 tbsp, tomato: 1 unit, mini cucumber: 1 unit, lemon: 1 unit
6. 

   6

   In a medium bowl , combine ground beef , grated onion, shawarma spice blend , chicken stock concentrate , ¾ tsp salt (1½ tsp for 4), and a pinch of pepper . Divide beef mixture into four equal portions (eight for 4). On a cutting board, roll each portion into thin logs. Press each log around a skewer, sealing the meat and leaving 2-3 inches of skewer exposed at the bottom.

   ground beef: 20 oz, shawarma spice blend: 1 tbsp, chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, salt, pepper
7. 7

   Place beef skewers on a lightly oiled baking sheet. Broil until cooked through, 5-6 minutes. Watch carefully to avoid burning.
8. 8

   While beef skewers roast, in a second medium bowl , combine tomato , mini cucumber , juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 4 servings), a drizzle of olive oil , and a pinch of salt and pepper .

   tomato: 1 unit, mini cucumber: 1 unit, olive oil: 1 tsp, salt, pepper
9. 9

   In a third medium bowl , hummus , olive oil (2 tbsp for 4 servings), a pinch of salt and pepper , and a squeeze of lemon to taste. Add water 1 tsp at a time until the mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.

   hummus: 1 tbsp, olive oil: 1 tbsp, salt, pepper, lemon
10. 10

    Toast pita . Spread pitas with softened butter , then cut each into two pieces. Fluff rice with a fork. Taste and season with salt and pepper . Divide rice, beef skewers, tomato salad, and bowls between bowls. Drizzle and lumps of lemon with any remaining lemon wedges on the side. **Ground Beef is fully cooked when it reaches an internal temperature of 160°F.**

    butter, salt, pepper