Bourbon Beef BBQ Shish Kebabs

The hubby wanted steak on the grill for dinner on Sunday, to cap off the week.  I thought I took whole steaks out of the freezer, but it was steak tips.  Oh well, had to change gears just a bit and figure out what to do with those.  We just had pork kebabs and I wasn't sure I wanted to make kebabs again.  But, I did, and boy were they fantastic!  He was swooning all over these.  The meat was like buttah!  You could cut it with a fork and all the other flavors going on, you didn't need anything else to accompany them.  Can you say yum?

  Recipe below.

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Here are my delicious kebabs!

And this is what I used to marinate them.

 Now, this sauce is awesome too.  Traders Joe's Siracha and Roasted Garlic BBQ Sauce.  I used this on my son's (who is vegan) vegetable kebabs.  I just skewered all the same vegetable on his, minus the meat.  Grill veggies a little bit first then brush on the BBQ sauce to coat as you are cooking them.

Bourbon Beef BBQ Shish Kebabs

Ingredients

1 - 1 1/2 lb package of beef tips

1 bottle of bourbon flavored BBQ sauce or glaze

1/2 large portobello mushroom, cut in chunks

1/2 red bell pepper, cut in chunks

1 green zucchini, cut in half, then cut into thick moon shapes

1 yellow zucchini, cut in half, then cut into thick moon shapes

1 red onion, cut in half then quarters

2 ears of sweet corn, cut into eight pieces

Directions

Two hours before grilling, cut the beef tips into 2 inch pieces.  Put the beef  in a resealable bag and pour about 1/2 of the BBQ sauce over them, reserve the remainder for basting. Toss to coat, and put into the refrigerator.

Take the beef out of the refrigerator about 30 minutes before grilling. When you are ready to start grilling, heat the grill.  String 3 - 4 pieces of beef (discard the marinade), corn, zucchini, onion, pepper and mushroom until the skewer in almost full, leave about an inch at the top of the skewer with no veggies on it. Repeat until all meat and veggies are skewered.  Lay them out on the grill and baste with some of the reserved BBQ sauce.  Cook, turning and basting, for about 10 minutes on each side.  Makes 6 kebabs.

NOTE: For the veggie kebabs, repeat all the steps except for the beef.