Craving Mediterranean flavors but don't want to fire up the grill? These easy oven-baked beef kebabs are tender, juicy, and packed with spices. A perfect 30-minute weeknight dinner that the whole family will love!
Middle Eastern kebabs, cooked on a skewer over an open flame, are one of the great delights of life. Tender and juicy and perfectly seasoned, every bite is one to savor.
But if you don't have a grill or it's a rainy day, no worries, you can cook up some delicious kebabs in your oven!
Here I want to share How To Cook Ground Beef Kebabs in your oven! This oven method is easy and the kebabs are delicious!
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Why You Will Love This Recipe!
You are going to love this recipe for Middle Eastern ground beef kebabs because:
- The wonderful spices we will use will give you such delicious flavorful meat
- Using your oven to make these kebabs is easy and you can make these on rainy days! You can also use your oven year-round!
- You won't need any marinade ingredients. All you need is a few simple spices to make these!
- These cook up quickly! The total cooking time is about 20 minutes.
- Your whole family can enjoy these on a busy weeknight as well as special occasions
Let me tell you what you'll need to make this delicious beef recipe!
🍽 Equipment
So, you'll need a few pieces of equipment to make these oven beef kebabs:
- Skewers - I used flat metal skewers when I made these. You can also use wood skewers or bamboo skewers. The wooden/bamboo skewers need to be soaked in water for at least 30 minutes prior to using. And for best results if you use metal skewers, rather than use them at room temperature, refrigerate them about 15-20 minutes to cool them down before using. This helps the meat to stick to the metal skewers.
- Roasting tray with a rack - you'll roast your kebabs on the rack
- Large bowl - for combining your beef and delicious spices
🥘 Ingredients
You only need 5 ingredients to make these mouthwatering ground beef kebabs:
- Ground beef - I recommend buying the best quality that you can, organic grass-fed if possible. And it's important to use 80% lean/20% fat or at a minimum 85% lean/15%fat for juicy kebabs
- Aleppo pepper - this spice is very popular in Turkish and Middle Eastern cooking. This pepper is not overly spicy and lends a delicious fruity flavor to dishes. I love using this pepper in these kebabs! However, you can sub crushed red pepper flakes or hot paprika if you like.
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Cumin
Now, a garlic yogurt sauce is a MUST for these kebabs! So for that you will need:
- Greek yogurt
- Fresh garlic
- Lemon juice
- Salt
And last but not least, thrown in these ingredients as colorful accompaniments to your meal:
- Tomatoes (can also use cherry tomatoes)
- Jalapeno peppers
Ok, onto the easy recipe!
🔪 Instructions
Prepare your skewers! If using metal skewers, put them in the fridge to chill them down prior to use. If using wooden skewers or bamboo skewers, soak them in water at least 30 minutes prior to use. You'll also want to keep a close eye on them to make sure they don't burn.
Preheat your oven to 425F.
Make the yogurt sauce by combing the yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, and salt. Set aside for now.
Combine the seasonings in a large bowl. These seasonings are salt, black pepper, Aleppo pepper, and cumin. Add the ground beef to the seasonings and mix well to combine.
Divide the seasoned ground beef mix into 4 equal portions, and shape them into balls.
Wrap each ground beef ball around each skewer in a kebab shape to make 4 kebabs.
Line your roasting tray with aluminum foil then place the rack on top. Add the kebabs, the tomato wedges and jalapeno slices to the rack.
Roast the kebabs for 10 minutes on one side, and then flip and roast for another 10 minutes on the other side. If you prefer your kebabs more well done, you can roast 15 minutes on one side and 10 minutes or so on the other.
How easy was that!? Time to enjoy your kebabs!
Suggestions For Serving
It's time to DIG IN!
I recommend enjoying your ground beef kebabs and roasted veggies as your main dish with some pita bread and your creamy garlicky yogurt sauce.
Serve with a Middle Eastern Style Cabbage Salad for a perfect dinner meal!
You can find the full printable recipe card below!
FAQ
I've recommended roasting some tomatoes and jalapeños to go along with these kebabs. Some other fresh vegetables to consider are red onion or bell peppers.
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in your refrigerator, and enjoy within 3 days.
Sourced from Wikipedia: Both kebab and kabob are generally roasted meats that come from the Middle East. Kebab tends to be more Persian and Arabic , and kabob tends to be used more in North America (i.e. shish kabobs).
Some Other Great Recipes You May Enjoy!
Here are some other great recipes that you may enjoy:
- Easy Homemade Middle Eastern Labneh Dip Recipe With Za'atar
- Easy Middle Eastern Chicken With Lemon and Olives Recipe
- Incredible Middle Eastern Pizza - Lahmajoun
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How To Cook Easy Oven Baked Ground Beef Kebabs
Equipment
- 4 skewers I used flat metal skewers; you can use wooden skewers (soak in water for at least 30 minutes before using), or even omit the skewers these kebabs still turn out great!
- roasting tray with a rack select a rack large enough to accommodate 4 kebabs and the accompanying veggies
- large bowl
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef use 80/20 for best results and if possible select grass fed
- 1 tablespoon Aleppo pepper you can sub red pepper flakes or hot paprika if you prefer
- 1.5 ts salt
- 1 ts black pepper
- 1 ts cumin
Colorful Accompaniments
- 2 each tomatoes cut into 4 wedges per tomato; can use cherry tomatoes
- 2 each jalapenos halved; by all means add more jalapenos if you like!
Yogurt Sauce - A MUST!
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 each garlic clove minced
- 1 ts lemon juice
- ⅛ ts salt you can vary the amount of salt to your tastes
Instructions
- Prepare your skewers! If using metal skewers, put them in the fridge to chill them down prior to use. If using wooden/bamboo skewers, soak them in water at least 30 minutes prior to use.
- Preheat your oven to 425F.
- Make the yogurt sauce by combing the yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, and salt. Set aside for now.
- Combine the seasonings in a large bowl. These seasonings are salt, black pepper, Aleppo pepper, and cumin. Add the ground beef to the seasonings and mix well to combine.
- Divide the seasoned ground beef mix into 4 equal portions, and shape them into balls.
- Wrap each ground beef ball around each skewer in a kebab shape to make 4 kebabs.
- Line your roasting tray with aluminum foil then place the rack on top. Add the kebabs, the tomato wedges and jalapeno slices to the rack. Roast the kebabs for 10 minutes on one side, and then flip and roast for another 10 minutes on the other side. If you prefer your kebabs more well done, you can roast 15 minutes on one side and 10 minutes or so on the other.
- Serve your kebabs with the yogurt sauce and some pita bread. Enjoy!
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