INGREDIENTS:

PREP AHEAD OF TIME:

1. Ask your butcher for tenderloin tips and tails. Otherwise you can cube a tenderloin steak. Trim & marinate the meat.
2. Try to carve or trim the ‘silver-skin’ or ‘fat’ away from lean meat using a boning knife, hold the knife at a 20 degree angle between the silver skin and lean meat.
3. Cube the lean meat into 1-1 ½ inch cubes, place the cubes into a bowl. Coat the meat with a herb vinaigrette and marinate overnight or a minimum of 8 hours.
4. Soak the wooden skewers for several hours in water prior to skewering to keep from burning.

RECIPE:

1. Rinse the Portobello mushroom. Trim the stem from the mushroom and remove half of the lungs from the underside of the mushroom cap. The lungs of the mushroom are the “earthy part” of the mushroom, by removing you will help diminish the earthy flavor of the mushroom.
2. Slice the mushroom in half and cut each half moon into 4 – 6 wedges.
3. Trim the ends of the zucchini then cut into 2 inch sections. Split each section into quarters. Trim the front of each wedge with a knife to remove most of the seeds.
4. Split the red and yellow pepper in half and remove the stem and seeds. Trim the ribs (white interior) out of the peppers.
5. Cut the peppers into 1 ½ by 1 ½ inch portions.
6. Trim the ends of a red onion. Slice the onion in half (lengthwise). Cube the onion into 1 ½ by 1 ½ inch pieces.
7. Take the core layer out of the cubed onion because it’s too small to skewer.

BUILDING THE SKEWER:

1. Place a Portobello mushroom on the skewer.
2. Add a piece of meat to the skewer.
3. Next add a red, yellow and onion piece to the skewer.
4. Add a piece of zucchini to the skewer.
5. Add a piece of meat to the skewer.
6. Next add a red, yellow and onion piece to the skewer.
7. Add a piece of Portobello mushroom.
8. Add a piece of meat to the skewer.
9. Add a piece of red, yellow and onion to the skewer.
10. The last item on the skewer is the zucchini piece.
11. Soak the skewer in approximately 2 oz. of dressing for 2 hours. (if time permits)

GRILLING PROCEDURE:

1. Place the skewer on a medium to medium-high heated grill. Be careful that the grill isn’t too hot because it may burn the vegetables.
2. Grill the skewers on each side for approximately 2-4 minutes on each side depending upon the degree of doneness you like.
3. Take the skewer off the grill and place on a bed of yellow rice.
4. Enjoy!