Pork Souvlaki
This recipe from Andrew Tasakos, a Create Cooking Challenge: My Family's Recipe top-18 winner, is made with a marinade that can be used for many kinds of meats.
Recipe Ingredients
- Meat
- - 1-1/2 lbs of pork tenderloin (this works well for chicken, beef and lamb as well)
- Marinade
- - 10 cloves of peeled garlic (12 if you really like garlic)
- - 1 Tbsp Dried Rosemary
- - 1 Tbsp Dried Oregano
- - 1/2 Tbsp Sweet Paprika
- - 1 tsp salt
- - 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
- - 1/2 tsp white pepper
- - 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- - 1/3 cup quality olive oil
- - 1/3 cup dry white wine
Recipe Instructions
- Trim and cut the pork tenderloin into bite size pieces. Place in a bowl.
- For the marinade, in a food processor combine the rest of the ingredients and process for one minute, or until combined and ingredients come together.
- Pour the marinade over the pork, cover and refrigerate at least one hour, over night is preferred.
- Place the pork on skewers, I prefer the metal ones that have flat sides, but if you use wooden ones, make sure you soak those in water for a half hour first, otherwise they will burn on the grill.
- Heat your grill on medium high. Clean with a brush, and coat the grates with oil to prevent sticking.
- Place the Souvlaki skewers on the grill close the lid and leave alone for 3-4 minutes. Open the lid and turn the skewers over and cook another 3-4 min, or until the internal temperature registers 145 degrees.
- Serving suggestions. Serve family style with sliced tomato, red onion, lettuce, feta cheese and some home made tzatziki sauce.