Answer: It is a dish made by threading small pieces of meat, vegetable and fruit onto a skewer and grilling them . The items on the skewer are usually marinated before skewing.
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I learned just recently in my visit to Turkey, there are many different styles of kebabs! At first made ordering most of my meats there quite a mystery! (Kebabs are a traditional dish to this region and the Middle East, particularly in the North).
A shish kebab is the most common way we eat kebab in America. It is a meat dish (vegetables are normally included too) which is prepared by skewering meat and grilling it, very similar to how a rotisserie chicken is prepared. After the meat is prepared one can either remove it from the skewer (as did most restaurants I ate in while in Turkey) or leave it on.
The meat on a kebab does not always have to be bite sized as in most American shish kebabs. Pieces for individual servings I found could get up to several ounces in size. And several places would skewer a Döner kebab (if you've ever been to a Gyros place, these are the big cylindrical cuts of lamb that they have rotating next to the vertical oven). Making a sort of hybrid of the flavors.
When I first arrived in Istanbul, the kebabs were varied in meat types and many were even fish! As I moved inland however, I noticed that places began to serve mainly lamb and some goat.
Spices and flavorings added in the cooking process tended to depend greatly on where I was and what class of restaurant I was in. Pepper spices and no sauce was common further away from the main cities.
If anyone has cooked larger pieces of meat on a skewer they may have noticed that the inside tends to cook similarly to the outside. This is because the metal skewer heats up hot enough to cook the middle more quickly. By utilizing this, a skilled shish kebaber (if we can agree that this is a word for the time being) can create quite unique tastes and textures in the meat.
Shami kebab (s) is the one originated from what is known now as Syria.
Turkey. Kebab is Turkish for roast meat. Shish kebab is mutton rubbed with salt, pepper, spices...and then roasted on a skewer
shish kebab
The variant spelling "shish-kabob" refers to the skewer food "shish kebab."
Armenia
The Turkish or Armenian dish is usually Anglicized as shish kebab or shish kabob (or more rarely shish kebob), where shish represents the word for "skewer," among various forms of spit-roasted meat or kebab. The US form of the dish can include various skewered chunks of meats and vegetables.
Mister Ed - 1958 Ed the Shish Kebab 4-15 was released on: USA: 19 January 1964
Shish kebab contains meat and vegetables on a stick. The meat is in the protein food group, and the vegetables are in the vegetables food group.
The spelling kebab (also kabab) refers to a meat cooked or served on skewers. It is usually applied to shish kebab, skewered meat and vegetables.
If it is good meat and not oily, then most likely a lamb or chicken shish.
Skewers is a long thin metal or wooden stick that is used to make shish kebabs. Shish kabobs are made of meat, onion, pepper and potatoes and they are all placed on the same skewer and grilled on a barbeque. Food preparation done this way is very tasty. People don't normally eat the skewers themselves but do eat the food that is on them.
The "shish" part of the phrase means "skewer." The "kebab" (or kebob, kabab, etc.) part of the phrase means "roasted meat." In many places in the world, the "shish" has been dropped entirely and the dish is just known as "kebab" although still cooked on skewers over open heat. A shish-kebab in the United States is usually pieces of meat cut into 2" cubes and pushed onto a skewer with various vegetables (mushrooms, onion, peppers, tomatoes), and grilled. In England, a kabab is ground meat (lamb, beef) formed around a stick or skewer and grilled. Either way, with a dipping sauce and fresh chips, it's a treat.
Kebabs (also called kebobs) are small pieces of marinated meat, especially lamb. Kebabs are usually prepared as shish kababs, where they are placed on skewers along with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, etc., and broiled.