Halloumi & Cucumber Kebabs with Peanut Sauce
Expand your choice of easy summer appetizers with this Halloumi Cucumber Kebabs with Peanut Sauce. Add a warm or cold peanut sauce and you'll have a delicious and safe way to serve cheese, without the worrying of it melting in front of your eyes.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Halloumi cheese
- 1/2 cucumber
- 6 wooden skewers NOTE 1
Peanut Sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 garlic minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger minced
- 4 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- water
Instructions
- Cut the Halloumi cheese in 24 cubes. Wash the cucumber and cut in half, leave the skin on. The cut the cucumber halves in two, about the same thickness of the Halloumi.
- Alternate threading the cheese and cucumber onto skewers and set aside. Make sure you spike the cucumbers in the solid part, not in the seedy part.
For the Peanut sauce
- Add the sesame oil to a saucepan and warm up. Add garlic paste, ginger paste peanut butter, soy sauce and brown sugar and mix until smooth. Add lemon juice warm water until the sauce has reached the thickness you prefer. How much depends on the type of brand of peanut butter you use. Keep warm.
- Grill the skewers a few minutes per side. Don't walk away, as it will go fast. You just want the Halloumi to show some grill marks. Don't cook longer than absolutely necessary, the cucumber will become soft.
- Place the skewers on a plate, drizzle with peanut sauce and serve the rest of the sauce in a bowl.
Notes
- Soak wooden skewers at least 30 minutes in cold water. This helps prevent them from catching fire on the grill.
- This recipe is for 6 skewers.
Nutrition
Calories: 198kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 11gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gSodium: 839mgFiber: 0gSugar: 2g