Skewerious Eats No Images? Click here The Serious Eats Guide to Skewers There's something about meat on a stick that just screams "summer." So for the month of July, Sasha Marx focused on all things skewer—the best set-ups, the best tools, and the best recipes. How to set up your grill for better skewers, kebabs, and yakitori Even if you've never visited a kebab shop in Istanbul, or been spellbound by the chicken sorcery of a yakitori chef in Tokyo, odds are you've come across a professional skewer-grilling setup at some point in your life. With a few bricks and some aluminum foil, you can build a better skewer-grilling system. Your recipe book With a special grill set-up, you can turn out top-notch al pastor in skewer form. An improved setup for skewers brings these grilled wings closer to the heat, while a marinade based on Turkish hot pepper paste infuses them with roasted-chili flavor. Thinly sliced pork shoulder gets marinated, put on a stick, grilled, and brushed with coconut cream. These skewers will have you forget all about sad takeout satay. A special grilling setup recreates the traditional canalina grill used to cook these Italian lamb skewers. The essential equipmentEvery skewerer needs a good set of skewers with which to do the skewering. If you want consistency, ease of use, and longevity in your pointed sticks, which ones should you buy? Here are are our recommendations, whether you want to go the wood route or are feeling metal. |