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Air fryer spicy lamb skewers

Street food flavours from the convenience of an air fryer

Make 12 skewers

Serves

1 hr

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

Lazy Sunday Club

Recipe author

Lazy Sunday Club

Combining everyone's favourite appliance, the air fryer, with the street food of Xi'an for the ultimate game day snack.

We used 16cm bamboo skewers for these, but feel free to use what will fit in your air fryer. And remember to soak them for at least 30 minutes so they don't burn.

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Ingredients

Lamb

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500g Quality Mark lamb shoulder

excess fat trimmed

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1 onion

finely sliced

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chilli flakes

to serve

Cumin salt

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2 Tbsp cumin seeds

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2 tsp sea salt

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1 tsp chilli powder

Marinade

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2 Tbsp peanut oil

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3 Tbsp light soy sauce

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2 tsp cornflour

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1 Tbsp Cumin salt

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1 Tbsp chilli flakes

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½ tsp ground black pepper

Method

Cumin salt

Lamb

1

For the cumin salt, toast the cumin seeds in a dry pan over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, or until fragrant and lightly coloured.

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2

Using a mortar and pestle, or an electric spice grinder, grind the seeds to a coarse texture.

3

Combine in a small bowl with the salt and chilli powder, if you’re using it, and mix well.

Nutrition Information per Serving (202g)

This nutrition analysis is based on 4 serves (~3 skewers per serve).

Energy

1320kJ (315 kcal)

Protein

27.0g

Total Fat

20.6g

Saturated Fat

5.2g

Carbs

4.7g

Dietary Fibre

2.2g

Sodium

1257mg

Iron

3.7mg

Zinc

4.6mg

Vitamin B12

1.7µg