Beef skewers or kebabs are brushed with a spicy harissa paste and served over a cooling tahini slaw in this Harissa Beef Skewers with Tahini Slaw. Ready in under 30 minutes for easy weeknight grilling!
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Easy Weeknight Grilling
You might have noticed a pattern here lately. First I showed you these fantastic grilled Lemongrass Pork Skewers with Peas and Rice Noodle Salad and Grilled Tahini Pork Skewers and now today’s Harissa Beef Skewers with Tahini Slaw.
I am totally loving this concept. It works so well for me on Sundays. I make the salad a head of time and cut the meat. Then when it’s close to supper time, I just marinate the meat, or brush it, grill it and bam, you have dinner.
Tahini Slaw – Amazing!
This slaw was amazing, quite possibly my most favorite slaw recipe. The secret ingredient? Tahini! Who knew?
The dressing is made with Greek-style yogurt and tahini. It’s a fantastic combination, the tahini gives it a little hint of a nutty flavor. Lemon juice adds a bit of tartness to it. Then dill, sultanas, and pine nuts add even more flavor. I found this recipe in Donna Hay’s magazine Feb-March 2015.
Harissa Beef Skewers with Tahini Slaw
Then resting on top of the fantastic slaw are these grilled Harissa beef skewers. Harissa paste is mixed with olive oil and brushed over the beef before it gets a quick grill. It adds just the right amount of spiciness and is such an easy way to add so much flavor! This is the easiest grilled dinner ever!
A tip to make grilling easier is to always start with a clean grill. I preheat mine for 15 minutes on high and then give it a good brushing with a grill brush. Another grilling tip is especially for food on skewers. When I used round skewers, my food would always spin around and I couldn’t grill it evenly. The secret to better skewers? Flat skewers! Meat and veggies don’t spin around on them!
Harissa Beef Skewers with Tahini Slaw
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain Greek style yogurt
- 2 tablespoons tahini
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 head cabbage shredded
- sea salt and fresh ground black pepper
- 3 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 cup dill sprigs chopped
- 1/3 cup sultanas
- 1/3 cup pine nuts toasted
- 1 tablespoon Harissa paste
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 3/4 pound beef rump trimmed and cut into 1/4 inch slices
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Place the yogurt, tahini, lemon juice, and salt and pepper in a large bowl and stir to combine. Add the cabbage, onions, dill, sultanas, and pine nuts and toss to combine. Set aside.
- Preheat a grill pan or a grill to medium high heat. Combine the harissa paste and oil in a small bowl. Thread the meat onto skewers and brush with the paste oil mixture. Cook for 2-3 minutes each side. Serve with the slaw.
Nutrition
Looking for more harissa recipes: Harissa Chicken with Olives and Heirloom Tomato and Harissa Bruschetta.
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Miz Helen says
August 28, 2018 at 9:34 amYour Harissa Beef Skewers with Tahini Slaw looks fantastic, we will love this! Hope you are having a great week and thank you so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Pam Greer says
August 28, 2018 at 9:56 amThanks Miz Helen!
Mikaela says
February 15, 2018 at 8:59 amThis recipe looks amazing! I’ve never tried harissa before, but I think I would love to try it with the tahini slaw.
Sara says
February 15, 2018 at 8:52 amThat slaw sounds awesome! I love tahini! Can’t wait to try your recipe!
April says
February 15, 2018 at 8:47 amYummy this looks mouthwatering delicious! love beef skewers and the tahini slaw sounds so amazing!
Jill says
February 15, 2018 at 8:34 amI have never heard of using tahini slaw but all these flavors together are sounding fantastic. I’ll have to try it!
Demeter says
February 15, 2018 at 8:23 amLove the mix of spicy and cool here. Always such an amazing flavor combo!
Stacy Tompkins says
October 24, 2015 at 9:42 pmI would prefer this combination. I have tried cook them together and I find that it was extremely wonderful. All members in my family appreciate this dishes. I will cook it again soon
Shann Eva says
August 9, 2015 at 5:27 pmYum! This sounds and looks delicious. Can’t wait to try it for dinner sometime. Thanks for linking up at #HomeMattersParty Hope to see you there again.
Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Garden says
August 8, 2015 at 10:51 amThis sounds and looks delicious. I can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty
Debra @ Bowl Me Over says
August 6, 2015 at 3:49 pmMmmm….loving all of these incredible flavors! Hey, thanks for stopping by #TryaBiteTuesday and sharing this wonderful recipe – looks delish! Hope to see you back next week!!!
Kayte says
August 5, 2015 at 8:33 amThese skewers look marvelous, the guys would be all over these. I really need to get on the harissa bandwagon as so far I have not bought any or used it in any way and it is all over the place these days. Thanks for the inspiration. Thinking of you and hoping you are all doing well and able to enjoy sweet memories of your mother to help you through the grief. xo
Rebeka says
August 4, 2015 at 9:00 pmIs the slaw made with cabbage? It says cabbage in your directions but not in your ingredient list. I also had to google Sultanas to find out they’re grapes! Still, it looks like a great flavor combination! Thanks for the inspiration.
Amy (Savory Moments) says
August 4, 2015 at 8:29 pmThis looks like such a flavorful meal for a summer night! Tahini slaw is a great idea.
Ann says
August 4, 2015 at 4:27 amEasy dinners on summer nights are always a good idea.
Cheryl says
August 3, 2015 at 9:07 pmThis sounds delicious…I’ll put it in my recipe file and hopefully get to it before the summer is over…to many nights out eating…geez..
Have a great week Pam
Joanne says
August 3, 2015 at 7:19 amTahini and harissa are just magical things. I can’t imagine them not making something taste good!