What Lamb cut do you think kebab shops use for shish kebabs?

MrsE_2

freyasmum wrote: »

Why, how very dare you, you great big snob! Donner meat is lovely

With regards to the lamb, it'll just be the cheapest they can get their hands on.

DH eats it:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Bloody awful stuff:eek:

If its cheap, how come it tastes good with such short cooking?

freyasmum

MrsE wrote: »

DH eats it:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Bloody awful stuff:eek:

If its cheap, how come it tastes good with such short cooking?

Ahh, nice to see a man with good tastebuds

Do they marinate it before they cook it? That would break down the protein chains a bit, making it more tender.

MrsE_2

freyasmum wrote: »

Ahh, nice to see a man with good tastebuds

Do they marinate it before they cook it? That would break down the protein chains a bit, making it more tender.

Yeah I guess that must be it, because the neck fillet was about £13.50 a kilo & I used 0.6 for DH & I.

southernscouser

I'm pretty sure it's rat meat.

Mankysteve

I dread to think would be in answer to the Op.

born_blonde

I've had a look a at a couple of cookery books on Street Food and the seem to go for leg of lamb.
Not a street food version but very good :-
Judith Wills - Top 200 Low Fat Recipes
2 garlic cloves,peeled
1tsp salt
1tsp ground cumin seeds
1/2 tsp ground dried chilli
1/2tsp ground black pepper
Zest and juice 1/2 lemon
1tbs olive oil
400g lean leg cut into bite sized cubes
1 lemon cut into wedges
1 small onion (about 100g) quartered and seperated into layers

Crush garlic and salt together into a paste
Add paste to cumin, chilli.pepper, lemon juice and zest and oil in a mixing bowl combine thoroughly add lamb cubes mix well and leave to marinate for several hours.
When ready to cook preheat grill. Add lemon wedges and onion slices into marinade for 1 minute then thread onto kebab sticks.
Put on a rack under a hot grill for about 15 minutes turning halfway through cooking.
Serves 4 285 calories and 16g fat per portion.

geordie_joe

MrsE wrote: »

It cost about £8.00 for 0.6 kg, I can't see kebab shops using that cut.

They don't buy their meat from the same place we do. They get it from "kebab meat suppliers", so no supermarket mark up on the price they pay.

Sarahlou_2

Hi

I've got a cook book here (The Beginners Cook Book) and they have a recipe for lamb kebabs using Lamb Steaks?

charliee_3

i thought this recipe looked good....

Bongedone

There is nothing wrong with Shish kebab meat. Shish kebab meat is real lamb not constructed rubbish like Donner. I think it is lamb leg steak as there is very little fat in it, shoulder has lots of fat.