Viking Grilled Lamb Kebab
These easy Viking Grilled Lamb Kebabs are a kid-friendly rendition of traditional Icelandic lamb soup. This kid-friendly lamb skewers recipe has tender, flavorful bites of lamb shoulder, fresh tart apples, crunchy grilled cabbage, and tender mushrooms and onions.
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 386kcal
Ingredients
Marinade:
- ¼ cup malt vinegar
- ¼ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon caraway seeds
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
Skewers
- 2 lb lamb shoulder cut into 2" cubes
- 2 honey crisp apples
- 1 head cabbage cut into 2" chunks
- 8 oz button mushrooms
- 1 yellow onion sliced into thick chunks
Dill Dip
- 8 oz icelandic plain yohurt
- 3 Tablespoons fresh dill chopped
Instructions
- Whisk together the ingredients for the marinade (the malt vinegar, honey, caraway seeds, rosemary, allspice and cloves.
- Place 2/3 of the marinade in a wide bottomed baking dish, and toss in the lamb cubes, turning to coat. Allow to marinade while you prepare the rest of the ingredinets.
- Chop the apples, cabbage, and onion into thick slices.
- Prehreat the grill to 350F.
- Skewer the ingredients onto the kebab skewers in alternating patterns - the lamb, apple, onion, mushroom and cabbage, until all have been used.
- Carefully brush the remaining marinade over the skewers.
- Grill the skewers for 8 minutes, then flip.
- Continue grilling for an additional 8 minutes.
- While the lamb kebabs are grilling, whisk together the icelandic yohurt and the chopped dill.
- Remove the skewers from the grill when the internal temperature is 135F.
- Place the skewers on a platter and tent with foil. Allow to rest for 5 minutes, at which point the internal temperature should be 145F.
- Serve the skewers with the dill dip.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 386kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 129mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 35g
