This is a very delicious and different seafood dish. It is half way between grilled and fried cooking. It is also very easy to make and takes very little time to cook.
Cuisine: Egyptian
Main ingredients: Fish, Shrimp, Calamari, Basil, Parsley
Time of preparation: 35 minutes
Time of cooking: 10 minutes
Serving: 4
Ingredients
16 Fish, cubes (3 x 3 cm)
16 Shrimp, large size
2 Calamari, bodies only
3 tbsp Parsley, chopped
4 tbsp Lemon Juice
1/4 cup Olive Oil
2 tbsp Basil, fresh, chopped
1 tsp Cumin, (optional)
1/4 cup Breadcrumbs Rich Bake
6 Garlic Cloves
Salt and Pepper
Directions
– In a pestle and mortar, put garlic cloves, parsley, and basil and hammer to form a paste. You can also use a food processor to make the paste.
– Add salt, pepper, cumin and lemon juice and stir. Add olive oil gradually and stir to form sauce.
– Peel and devein shrimp. Wash shrimp well. Wash calamari and cut into squares. Wash fish cubes well. Add garlic mixture to seafood and mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
– Arrange shrimp, fish cubes and calamari squares alternatively on skewers so that each skewer will have 2 shrimp, 2 fish cubes and 2 calamari squares.
– Arrange skewers on a baking sheet and sprinkle breadcrumbs generously on all sides of seafood skewers.
– Heat broiler and broil for about 10 minutes until breadcrumbs are golden and seafood is done turning skewers during cooking to cook all sides. Serve immediately with French fries or rice.
Tip: You can get any type of fish steaks and cut it into cubes. Or you can get a whole fish and cut cubes from the fish flesh.