Lebanese Vegetarian Kabobs With Lemon Tahini Sauce

Choosing plant-based ground meat is a great way to cut down on saturated fat in your diet, and the innovative products on the market today go much further than just faux hamburgers. Take this grilled kabob recipe, which will have the vegetarians and carnivores in your home satisfied. As an added bonus, vegetarian ground “meat” tends to cling to skewers without sticking to grill grates, so this recipe is ideal for outdoor barbecues. Serve with chopped romaine and cherry tomatoes for a full meal. You can dress the salad with the tahini sauce, too.

Active time: 10 minutes Total time: 40 minutes

Lebanese Vegetarian Kabobs With Lemon Tahini Sauce

Ingredients

• 8 (8-in/20-cm) bamboo skewers
• 1/4 cup (59ml) tahini
• 1/4 cup (59ml) warm water
• 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped and smashed, divided
• 1/2 tsp salt, divided
• 1 (12-oz./340g) package Impossible Burger®
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tbsp parsley or cilantro, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp pepper

Directions

Soak the bamboo skewers in a pan of cold water for 30 min.; this prevents them from burning on the grill. You can also use metal skewers, which won’t need to be soaked. Preheat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the tahini, water, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, 1 tsp garlic and 1/4 tsp salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix the ground vegetarian burger, remaining garlic, cumin, cinnamon, parsley and pepper until combined. Divide the mixture into 8 portions. Shape the portions onto the skewers into flattened sausage shapes, squeezing the mixture to mold it onto the skewer and leaving the last 2 in (5cm) of the skewers uncovered. Mist the kabobs with olive oil spray before grilling.

Grill until the kabobs are browned on both sides and heated through, about 4 min. per side. Serve with the tahini sauce.

Serves: 4 | Serving Size: 2 skewers

Nutrition (per serving): Calories: 275; Total Fat: 16.8g; Saturated Fat: 6g; Monounsaturated Fat: 3g; Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 587mg; Carbohydrates: 12g; Dietary Fiber: 6g; Sugar: 1g; Protein: 19g

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium: 683mg; Iron: 26%; Vitamin C: 13%; Calcium: 16%

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