Spiced Beef Skewer Rice Bowls

🥘 Ingredients

• basmati rice
  1½ cup
• black pepper
  ½ tsp
• butter
  2 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  2 tbsp
• ground beef
  12 oz
• hummus
  ½ cup
• lemon
  1 unit
• mini cucumber
  2 unit
• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• onion
  1 unit
• salt
  1 tsp
• shawarma spice blend
  1 tbsp
• tomato
  1 unit
• whole wheat pitas
  2 unit
• wooden skewers
  4 unit

🍳 Cookware

• box grater
• small pot
• medium bowl
• baking sheet
• medium bowl
• medium bowl

1. 

   1

   Heat broiler to high. Place wooden skewers in a shallow dish and cover with water to soak. Halve, peel, and dice half the onion ; grate remaining half on the largest holes of a box grater . Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and a pinch of salt . Cook, stirring often, until lightly browned and softened ⏱️ 3 minutes . Add basmati rice , ¾ cup water, half the chicken stock concentrate , and ½ tsp shawarma spice blend . Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender ⏱️ 15 minutes . Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

   wooden skewers: 4 unit, onion: 1 unit, olive oil: 2 tbsp, salt: 1 tsp, basmati rice: 1½ cup, chicken stock concentrate: 2 tbsp, shawarma spice blend: 1 tbsp
2. 

   2

   Meanwhile, bring 1 tbsp butter to room temperature. Wash and dry produce. Finely dice tomato . Trim and finely dice mini cucumber . Quarter lemon .

   butter: 2 tbsp, tomato: 1 unit, mini cucumber: 2 unit, lemon: 1 unit
3. 

   3

   In a medium bowl , combine ground beef , grated onion, remaining shawarma spice blend, remaining chicken stock concentrate, ¾ tsp salt, and a pinch of black pepper . Divide beef mixture into two equal portions. Roll each portion into a thin log on a cutting board. Press each log around a skewer, sealing the meat and leaving 2-3 inches of skewer uncovered at the bottom.

   ground beef: 12 oz, black pepper: ½ tsp
4. 

   4

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

   5

   While beef skewers broil, in a second medium bowl , combine tomato, cucumber, juice from one lemon wedge, a drizzle of olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. In a third medium bowl , whisk together hummus , 1 tbsp olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper, and a squeeze of lemon juice to taste. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.

   hummus: ½ cup
6. 

   6

   Toast whole wheat pitas . Spread pitas with softened butter, then cut each into four pieces. Fluff rice with a fork. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Divide rice, beef skewers, tomato salad, and pitas between bowls. Drizzle skewers with lemony hummus. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.

   whole wheat pitas: 2 unit