To welcome the beginning of the summer season, traditional picnics with shish kebab can not only meat eaters, but also vegetarians. Moreover, the variety of variations within the recipes of vegetarian shish kebab is many times greater than the variation of meat recipes. About a part of all this diversity we will describe in detail below.
Vegetarian shish kebab at the stake - recipe
A delicious substitute for meat can be tofu. Not possessing its own taste, this product is happy to absorb all those additives with which you mix it, and the pleasant texture will go well with fresh vegetables.
Ingredients:
- Tofu cheese - 320 g;
- sweet pepper - 440 g;
- sauce pesto - 45 g;
- Dried onion - 1/2 tsp.
Preparation
Divide the block of soy cheese into large cubes of equal size. Remove the seed box from the peppers and cut the flesh into squares. You can buy ready-made pesto sauce or cook it yourself, guided by the recipes on the site. Mix the prepared ingredients with the sauce, add the dried onion, pour in a little oil and salt well. Leave all marinated for a couple of hours, and then alternately plant pieces on skewers or soaked skewers. Fry everything over the coals until a dark brown crust appears.
Vegetarian shish kebab from mushrooms
Like tofu, mushrooms also perfectly absorb any marinades and fragrances of ingredients, with which you decide to flavor them.
Ingredients:
- cherry tomatoes - 190 g;
- champignons - 390 g;
- Dijon mustard - 15 g;
- garlic teeth - 4 pcs .;
- honey - 15 ml;
- olive oil - 45 ml;
- for a handful of green parsley and cilantro.
Preparation
Clean the mushrooms and put them on skewers alternately with cherry tomatoes. Mix Dijon mustard with butter, garlic and honey, chopped, add all the greens beforehand by grinding it. The resulting sauce spread on the surface of the shish kebabs with the help of a culinary brush, and then send the skewers under the grill or on the coals for 6-8 minutes.
Delicious vegetarian vegetable shashlik
Ingredients:
- Dried thyme - 1 teaspoon;
- sugar - 5 g;
- Dried garlic, onions - 1/2 teaspoon each;
- a pinch of cayenne pepper and nutmeg;
- smoked paprika - 1/2 tsp;
- red onions - 1 pc .;
- sweet pepper - 430 g;
- zucchini - 180 g;
- champignons - 180 g;
- cherry tomatoes - 270 g.
Preparation
Mix all the spices together and do not forget to add a good pinch of salt to the mixture. Cut the vegetables into large pieces and put them on the skewers. Cover the vegetable shashlik with olive oil and sprinkle with a mixture of spices. Cook on the grill for 5 minutes on each side.