Beef Koobideh

Beef Koobideh is a high-protein grilled recipe ready in 40 min. It makes 4 servings, each 840 kcal with 48 g protein. Intermediate level, 13 ingredients.

Adapted from a home cook's recipe and measured by Cookpath.

  • 40 mintotal
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 840kcal a serving
  • 48 gprotein
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Beef Koobideh

What is Beef Koobideh

Minced beef mixed with grated onion, garlic, saffron and spices, pressed onto skewers into long ridged kebabs and cooked in a hot oven.

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How to make Beef Koobideh

Tips from the cook

  • Steep the saffron with ice cubes and let them melt fully, so the colour and aroma release slowly.
  • Mix the meat until it is completely smooth and sticky, so it stays on the skewers.
  • Press along the meat with your thumb and fingers to make the ridges, which help the kebab cook evenly.
  • Finish under the grill for a few minutes for a charred top, and watch it closely.
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Sides from Cookpath that balance this dish, the same picks the app suggests.

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Meal prep and storage

Keeps 3 days in the fridge. Reheat gently so the kebabs stay juicy.

Prep a few days

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Beef Koobideh substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Ghee3 options
  • Coconut oil (refined if you dislike the coconut flavour) 1:1

    Lower smoke point than ghee.

  • Extra virgin olive oil use 1/2 to 3/4 as much

    Not nutty; not for deep frying at ghee's high heat.

  • Dark sesame oil use 3/4 as much

    Contains sesame; liquid at room temperature.

    Still contains sesame.

Onion2 options
  • Leek, white and light-green part 1:1 by volume

    Still an allium; raw dishes.

  • Fennel bulb, finely diced 1:1 by volume

    Sweet aniseed note; raw dishes.

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