For most people, barbecue is associated with the smell of bonfire, warm sunny weather and good company. And it seems that there is nothing tastier than fried meat on the grill. But it’s not at all necessary to wait for the heat to go to the countryside with skewers and a portion of pickled pork. If desired, you can cook kebab in the oven, and at any time of the year and even in bad weather. If everything is done exactly according to the recipe, then in taste and smell it will very much resemble the very aromatic meat from the fire.
How to easily and quickly cook kebabs in the oven: secrets and recommendations
To make the meat really tasty - and juicy, and soft, and aromatic - it is necessary to ensure that the following conditions are met:
- Choose good meat. Lamb (pulp from the thigh) or young pork (neck or back of the carcass) is better.
- Additionally, use fresh lard or bacon, so as not to dry the meat in the oven.
- Pork or lamb must be pickled. This will make the meat softer and cook faster. Marinade can be made at your discretion (to taste).
- Do not forget to soak the wooden skewers in cold water for half an hour.
- Pieces of medium-sized meat alternated with thinly sliced fat. Loose on skewers or skewers.
- The optimal temperature for the preparation of barbecue is 230-250 ° C. Only in this case will it remain juicy inside.
Barbecue in the oven on a baking sheet
Shish kebab without barbecue? No problems! Using the following instructions, even a child can cook kebab in the oven on skewers. It can be served with vegetable salad or rice.
To prepare the barbecue you will need:
- pork pulp - 500 g;
- champignons - 8 pcs.;
- bow -1 pcs.
Marinade for meat can be made from the following ingredients:
- natural yogurt - 5 tbsp. l .;
- grated ginger - 1 tbsp. l;
- chopped garlic - 3 tbsp. l .;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
- turmeric - ⅛ tsp;
- paprika - 1 tsp;
- chili powder - 1 ½ tsp;
- caraway seeds - 1 tsp;
- salt - ½ tsp
- lemon (for juice) - 1 pc.;
- cilantro - optional.
The cooking process consists of the following steps:
- Wash the pork pulp, dry it with a paper towel and cut into 2 × 2 cm slices.
- In a separate bowl, combine all the ingredients for the marinade and mix them well together.
- Slices of meat into the marinade. Shuffle them with your hands. You can chop the meat with a fork so that it is better pickled.
- Send the pork in the marinade to the refrigerator for at least 45 minutes (the longer, the better).
- Cover the deep baking sheet with foil.
- Remove the legs from the mushrooms, cut the onion into large pieces.
- Take 4 skewers. On each string several pieces of meat, alternating them with onions. Place champignons on both ends.
- Put skewers on a baking sheet.
- Preheat the oven to a temperature of 230 ° C. Put the pan on the upper level.
- Cook the kebab for 15 minutes on one side, then turn the skewers. Continue baking for another 15 minutes.
Barbecue in a sleeve on an onion pillow
Soft, juicy, slightly fried meat with spicy pickled onions will undoubtedly appeal to both guests and family members. If there is no way to get out into the countryside, the best option to treat yourself and loved ones with a delicious dish is to take and cook barbecue in the oven.
As without skewers, in an ordinary baking sleeve, to get the perfect meat for dinner or gatherings in a large company, the following instructions will tell:
- Pork (1 kg) cut into pieces. Sprinkle the meat with a mixture of peppers (½ tsp) and ready-made barbecue seasoning (1 tbsp.), Pour vinegar (1 tbsp.) And lemon juice (3 tbsp.). Stir the meat and send it to the refrigerator for at least 2 hours, be sure to cover the dishes with a lid.
- Cut the onion into rings and put in a small bowl. Add sugar (1 tbsp.), Vinegar (2 tbsp.) And a little water (50 ml) to it. Pickle the onion for 1 hour, then discard it in a colander to allow the glass to liquid.
- Tie up the roasting sleeve on one side. Put onion and meat on top. Tie a sleeve and make a few punctures with a needle on top.
- Cook the barbecue in the oven for 50 minutes at a temperature of 250 ° C. Then cut the sleeve, pour the meat with the allocated juice and continue baking for another 25 minutes before browning.
How to cook barbecue in the oven in a jar?
The following recipe will no doubt be appreciated by all those who love experimenting in the kitchen. You only need pickled meat, wooden skewers, a three-liter jar and an oven. Cooking barbecue in the apartment can be as follows:
- Dry the pork (800 g), cut into small pieces and place in a deep bowl.
- Cook any marinade for pork or chicken. You can use the first recipe and make a yogurt marinade or based on vinegar and lemon juice, as in the second case.
- Prepare a jar: it should be dry inside and out.
- String meat on wooden skewers, alternating it with onions and thin bacon (optional). Arrange the skewers in the jar vertically. Tighten the top with foil folded in two layers.
- Put the jar in a cold oven, and then set the temperature to 220 ° C. Cook the kebab for 1 hour. Then remove the foil and continue cooking for another 10 minutes to make the meat brown.
- Do not immediately remove the jar from the oven. Otherwise, it will burst from a temperature difference. The oven must be turned off, the door must be ajar, wait for the jar to cool slightly, after which it can be taken out.
Skewers of chicken on skewers
To prepare the next dish, you need a minimum of ingredients. But, despite this, after 1.5 hours it will be possible to enjoy a delicious chicken kebab from the oven. It is very simple to prepare it:
- Chicken fillet (1 kg) cut into small pieces.
- Put the meat in a bowl, pour a glass of milk. Add soy sauce (5 tbsp.), Salt and curry (¼ teaspoon each).
- Marinate the fillet for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
- String the meat on skewers and put them in a baking dish or on a baking sheet.
- Cook the skewers for 20 minutes at a temperature of 250 ° C. Preheat the baking oven in advance.
Oven grilled chicken skewers
This is one of the options for a New Year's meal or a delicious dinner for your beloved husband. And children will not refuse such a tender kebab. Moreover, it is prepared from a practically diet chicken fillet.
The following step-by-step instruction will tell you how to cook barbecue chicken in the oven:
- Cut onion (150 g) into rings, and fillet (500 g) with medium sized pieces.
- Put the ingredients in a bowl and pour them with 200 ml of kefir.
- Add 1 raw egg, which will give the kebab an appetizing look. Sprinkle the meat with tarragon (½ tsp), seasoning for chicken (2 tsp), ground paprika (1 tsp), salt and black pepper. Stir everything with your hands so as not to break the onion rings.
- Put the bowl of meat in the refrigerator for 1 hour, or better at night.
- Before cooking, turn on the oven (200 ° C). Place a wire rack on top of the deep pan.
- String fillet and onion rings on skewers. Put them on a wire rack.
- Bake chicken for 20 minutes on one side and the same amount on the other.
Shish kebab in foil
The meat according to this recipe is prepared without skewers. The pork is juicy and soft. To give the meat the flavor of a bonfire, you can drop a few drops of liquid smoke on it before wrapping it in foil. Not very useful, but delicious!
To cook pork kebab in the oven as follows:
- Pork neck (600 g) cut into large pieces.
- Put the meat in a bowl. Sprinkle it with chopped onions in half rings (2 pcs.), Dry adjika (to taste), salt, pepper. Mash the onion with your hands so that it gives juice. Then add tomato paste (2 tsp), vegetable oil (2 tbsp.). Stir and place the bowl in a cold place for a couple of hours.
- Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
- On the foil put the pork with onions, wrap and shift into shape.
- Cook the meat for 30 minutes, then unfold the foil and continue baking for another half an hour, pouring slices of pork into the juice formed inside.
Grilled homemade barbecue
You can also cook very tender meat with a golden brown crust in the home oven. Shish kebab, as in previous recipes, will be pre-marinated (in spices, vinegar and lemon juice) and baked in the “Grill” mode. This will allow you to achieve an amazing taste, but also a mouth-watering appearance. The recipe involves the following sequential steps:
- Cut meat (700 g) and lard (300 g) medium-sized. Slices of fat should be smaller and thinner.
- Grate onion (1 pc. Per 500 g of meat) on a medium grater.
- Add a little salt and red pepper to a bowl, a pinch of zira and cardamom seeds, squeeze the juice of half a lemon and sprinkle with vinegar.
- After 1-2 hours, string meat and lard on skewers, alternating between them.
- Bake meat in an oven preheated to 250 degrees on a wire rack until browning.
Fragrant pork skewers with wood chips
No matter how tasty the meat cooked in the home oven may turn out, it will not have the smell of a fire. Correct the situation will help the natural chips of alder or fruit trees. It will turn out very tasty and fragrant no matter what recipe you choose. Shish kebab cooked in the oven with wood chips will appeal to absolutely everyone!
The whole process consists of the following steps:
- Cut the pork neck (700 g) into medium-sized pieces and marinate in a mixture of soy sauce (4 tbsp.), Vinegar (1 tbsp.), Black pepper and nutmeg (pinch). Leave the meat on the table for 2 hours.
- Prepare a baking sheet, covering it with foil and pouring wood chips into it. Put a baking grate on top.
- String the meat on skewers.
- Preheat the oven to 250 ° C.
- Quickly fry pork on skewers in a grill pan without oil, and then transfer to a wire rack.
- Set fire to chips. Place the baking sheet with the grid on top for 15 minutes. Without oxygen, the wood chips will smolder, giving the meat a bonfire flavor.