I like to grill a lot, and especially when I come home from work on a hot summer day – keep cooking out of the kitchen when it’s hot out, right?! These sesame soy grilled beef skewers are perfect for those days when you want something quick and not made in the kitchen. The flavours are ones that I like to work with a lot, like ginger root, soy sauce, garlic, sesame seeds and oil, and rice vinegar. They work well together to make a sweet and salty combo. 

Sesame Soy Grilled Beef Skewers

Grilling the beef and the vegetables makes everything crispy on the outside, holding in all of the tasty flavours and releasing them when you bite down, like a little explosion in your mouth in each bite. The marinade for the beef and vegetables is sweet and salty, and makes the beef tender and juicy.

The assortment of vegetables I used was zucchini and mushrooms, which took on the savoury marinade flavours; cherry tomatoes that pop bright sweet juices; and white onion and orange pepper, both giving a peppery bite and a crunch to the skewer. All of these flavours are balanced out on a bed of brown rice and given a good sprinkle of nutty-flavoured toasted sesame seeds.