Barbecue in many people is associated with friendly outdoor recreation, a bonfire, fun and pleasant satiety. Most often cooked meat on the grill of pork. It marinates pretty quickly, due to its high fat content, it turns out juicy and tender. Impregnated with the smell of smoke, soft roasted meat can be cooked not only in nature, many people love this dish so much that they make it not only on the grill, but also with the help of aerogrill, electric BBQ. If the pork is properly marinated and not overdried, you will be happy to eat the kebab made from it without any addition. However, you will get much more pleasure from eating this unique snack if you decorate it with sauce, pickled onions and a side dish. The main ingredient is in harmony with vegetables, fruits, mushrooms and even some cereals, which makes it possible to choose a side dish for pork kebab, which will satisfy even the most fastidious gourmet.
Cooking Features
Choosing with what to give the piglet roast on the grill, you need to take care that the addition does not interrupt, but successfully set off the taste of the main course.
- A garnish for pork kebabs can be made from a variety of foods, but seasonal vegetables are in the lead. They make the main meal even more juicy and tender, and the dinner itself - easier for digestion. In addition, tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh greens, peppers, eggplants, zucchini make the summer-like dish bright and colorful, raising your spirits and causing even greater appetite. From such vegetables, you can make a salad. Another option is to bake them in the oven or on the grill. If the dish is cooked at home, you can also prepare vegetable stew for pork shish kebab from seasonal vegetables.
- Vegetables that do not contain large amounts of carbohydrates will also be a good addition to fatty pork, grilled. We are talking about cabbage of all varieties, carrots, pumpkin. These vegetables are best served fresh to the kebab, having prepared a salad from them.
- When making a pork kebab as a side dish of a salad, season it best with lemon juice or vinegar-based sauce with vegetable oil. Dressing can also be made from unsweetened yogurt, low-fat sour cream. But mayonnaise as a salad dressing, which is prepared for pork shashlik, will not work.
- Baked potatoes will not make the dish easier and more useful, but to taste it goes well with a piglet kebab and can be used as a side dish to it.
- Pickled vegetables and various pickles contribute to the breakdown of fat and are combined with fried pork to taste, they can be a good side dish for this type of meat.
There are quite a few options for garnish for pork kebabs, and they can vary greatly in composition, taste, and cooking technology. In order to avoid mistakes and get the expected result, it is necessary to adhere to the recommendations accompanying a particular recipe.
Baked potatoes with garlic sauce
Composition:
- new potatoes - 0.5 kg;
- lemon - 0, 5 pcs .;
- butter - 100 g;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash potatoes thoroughly. Young tubers can not be cleaned. If the potatoes are large, cut them into 4 pieces, leave small vegetables whole.
- Wrap the potatoes in foil.
- Place the bundle in an oven heated to 180 degrees or bury in the coals.
- Spread the potatoes in an hour. Use a knife to check readiness. If the potatoes are already soft enough, put them in a dish.
- Melt the butter. This can be done over low heat or in another way.
- Chop the garlic with a special press or cut it as small as possible.
- Mix melted butter with salt, pepper, garlic and squeezed juice from half a lemon.
- Pour the cooked sauce over the potatoes and serve with the kebab.
According to this recipe, a side dish for shish kebabs can be cooked both outdoors and at home.
Grilled vegetables
Composition:
- eggplants - 0.5 kg;
- zucchini - 0.5 kg;
- champignons - 0, 25 kg;
- Bulgarian pepper - 0, 4 kg;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- basil - 2 twigs;
- lemon juice - 50 ml;
- refined vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- salt, black pepper powder - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash eggplants, cut into circles about 1 cm thick.
- Prepare the brine by mixing a tablespoon of salt with a liter of water.
- Dip eggplants in brine for 15 minutes. This is necessary in order to remove solanine, which gives the blue bitter taste and is harmful to the body.
- Rinse the eggplants, let them dry.
- Approximately the same pieces as eggplants, cut the zucchini.
- Cut the peppers in large pieces.
- Wash, drain mushrooms.
- Chop the basil and garlic finely. Mix them with butter and lemon juice, adding a little salt and pepper.
- Place the vegetables and mushrooms in the marinade, stir to flavor each piece.
- Leave the vegetables and mushrooms to marinate for an hour.
- Put vegetables and mushrooms on a grill for cooking on the grill, or string them on skewers.
- Roast on coals, turning occasionally, until cooked.
Assorted vegetables can be supplemented with onions, tomatoes, cauliflower and other vegetables. Then the marinade and mushrooms will need a little more.
Grilled cucumbers with cheese sauce
Composition:
- cucumbers - 0, 5 kg;
- grape vinegar (6%) - 50 ml;
- olive oil - 50 ml;
- salt - 5 g;
- garlic - 4-5 cloves;
- unsweetened yogurt - 0, 2 l;
- feta cheese - 100 g;
- fresh dill - 20 g;
- lemon juice - from 0, 5 fruit;
- sugar - 5 g.
Method of preparation:
- Cut the cheese into small pieces of arbitrary shape, sprinkle it with a pinch of salt and sugar, pour with lemon juice and leave for 15-20 minutes.
- Cucumbers, washing and peeling, cut lengthwise into 4 pieces.
- In a clean bowl, mix the vinegar, 3-4 cloves of garlic passed through the press, the remaining salt and oil.
- In the cooked marinade, roll the cucumbers and leave them for 15 minutes.
- Mash the cheese with a fork, add to it finely chopped dill and chopped garlic with a special press (1-2 cloves). Whisk the whisk.
- Place the cucumbers on the grill and fry them for 10 minutes, sometimes turning them over.
Arrange the fried cucumbers in plates, cover with cheese-yogurt sauce and serve with pork shashlik.
Unusual side dish for asparagus kebabs
Composition:
- asparagus - 0.5 kg;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- olive oil - 60 ml;
- hard cheese - 50 g;
- salt, black pepper powder - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Mix the butter with the chopped garlic, salt and black pepper.
- Coat the prepared asparagus with fragrant oil.
- Put the asparagus on the grill rack and fry it for 10 minutes, not forgetting to turn the grill over from time to time.
Putting the asparagus on a dish, sprinkle it with finely grated cheese and serve. Similarly, you can cook asparagus beans as a side dish for shashlik.
Cabbage salad with cucumbers and tomatoes
Composition:
- white cabbage - 0, 2 kg;
- tomatoes - 0, 2 kg;
- cucumbers - 0, 2 kg;
- green onions - 50 g;
- fresh greens - 50 g;
- apple cider vinegar (6%) - 20 ml;
- soy sauce - 20 ml;
- vegetable oil - 40 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the vegetables, let them dry.
- Chop cabbage, place in bowl.
- Cut tomatoes and cucumbers into thin semi-circles, fold them to cabbage.
- Finely chop the green onions and greens, pour them into the vegetables.
- Mix the oil, vinegar and soy sauce. Pour this mixture on vegetables, mix.
Salad made according to the above recipe can be served at the table as a side dish of kebabs or self-made snacks. It will be a good addition to any meat dishes.
Pork shashlik is a tasty, but rather fatty treat. In order not to make lunch heavy, you need to choose a light side dish for this snack. There are many recipes for suitable additions to grilled pork on the grill, everyone can find an option to taste.
