Ginger-Soy Beef and Vegetable Kebabs

Tonight was the first night all week where I wasn't grilling in the pouring rain. It's amusing to me that people think there's a "grilling season." Our family grilled year round. In fact, at one point in my life I wondered why we had a stove at all.

This was a delicious marinade. The recipe is designed to be cooked in an air fryer apparently. I didn't realize that until AFTER I had grilled them. Which means I didn't read the full recipe. Oops!

Ginger-Soy Beef and Vegetable Kebabs

Photo from ATK

Recipe from America's Test Kitchen

Serves... unknown. I'd say 2

• 2 T vegetable oil
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 T toasted sesame oil
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp honey
• 1/2 tsp grated orange zest, plus 1 T juice
• 12 oz sirloin steak tips, cut into 1.5" pieces
• 1 small red onion, cut into wedges
• 4 oz mushrooms, stemmed and halved (if large)
• 1 zucchini, sliced into 1/2 in thick rounds
• salt and pepper

Combine 4 tsp  veg oil, ginger, garlic and pepper flakes. Microwave until fragrant (30 sec). Whish in sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, and orange zest and juice until combined. Measure out and reserve 3 T. Add beef to remaining and toss to coat; set aside. 

Meanwhile, toss onion, mushroom and zucchini with salt and pepper and remaining 2 tsp veg oil in a bowl. Thread onion, mushroom, zucchini on a skewer...repeat.  Arrange skewers in air fryer basket, parallel to each other and spaced evenly. set temp to 400F. Cook until the veg begin to brown about 8 minutes. 

Meanwhile, thread beef evenly onto skewers. flip and rotate veg then arrange beef skewers on top, perpendicular to veg skewers. Cook until beef registers 130-135, 10-14 minutes, flipping and rotating beef skewers halfway through.