Beef Tsire Grilled in Spicy Peanut Marinade (Nigeria)

Name: Beef Tsire Grilled in Spicy Peanut Marinade (Nigeria)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 165 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Hausa-Fulani & Northern Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 lb top round beef; wooden skewer; 0.5 cup natural-style peanut butter; 0.5 tsp ground red pepper; 0.5 tsp salt; 0.5 tsp ground ginger; 2 tbsp peanut oil; 1 tbsp lime juice

Beef, wooden skewer and red pepper come together in this West African marinade, fragrant with ginger and grilled.

2 hr 45 min · Serves 5 · Medium

Ingredients

450 gtop round beef, zabiha; wide and long as possible cut of meat; or 1 lb sirloin steak, cut against the grain into 1/4-inch wide strips and as long as possible (wide and long as possible cut of meat)
wooden skewer, soaked 1 hour (or bamboo skewers)

Method

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Time: Prep 15 min · Cook 2 hr 30 min · 2 hr 45 min total
Difficulty: Medium

1
Mix marinade ingredients together until it forms a smooth paste. Rub each meat strip with marinade by hand until thoroughly coated and place in glass pan.
2
When all the meat is coated cover pan and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Soak wooden or bamboo skewers in cold water for at least 1 hour before using.
3
Thread meat onto skewers accordian-style. Do not bunch meat strips, leave them stretched long on the skewer.
4
Grill or broil strips 15-20 minutes until meat is cooked through and coated in bubbles. Turn once during cooking.
20 min