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🥗 Meatball Skewers with Salad

530 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 1 green bell pepper
• 200 g cherry tomatoes
• 50 g green olives (pitted)
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• oregano (for garnish)
• 2 shallots
• 500 g ground beef
• 1 tbsp finely chopped mint
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 pinch grated lemon zest
• 2 tbsp freshly grated white bread
• 1 tsp Pul Biber (dried pepper flakes, mild or hot; Turkish grocery store)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 3 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the shallots and chop them very finely.
2. 2. Place the minced meat, the chopped shallots, the mint, the egg yolk, the lemon zest, the grated white bread, Pul Biber, salt and pepper in a bowl.
3. 3. Knead all ingredients into a homogeneous minced meat dough.
4. 4. Form about 20 small balls from the dough.
5. 5. Thread the meatballs onto wooden skewers.
6. 6. Heat oil in a pan.
7. 7. Fry the skewers in the hot oil on all sides for 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown.
8. 8. Wash the cucumber and cut off the ends.
9. 9. Cut the cucumber lengthwise into quarters and then into pieces.
10. 10. Wash the bell peppers, halve them, remove the core and cut them into strips.
11. 11. Wash the tomatoes, remove the stem if necessary and slice them.
12. 12. Mix the vegetables with the olives.
13. 13. Distribute the salad onto bowls.
14. 14. Drizzle the salad with olive oil and lemon juice.
15. 15. Place the meat skewers on the salad.
16. 16. Sprinkle the dish with oregano leaves and serve.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 530
• Protein: 31 g · Fett/Fat: 40 g · Carbs: 13 g