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Fiery Stick Meat / Suyas

Serves: 4

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NIGERIA
Advance Preparation: 1 to 2 hours for marinating the meat
Special Equipment: 20 short bamboo skewers, soaked for 1 hour in cold water to cover and drained

I first encountered "stick meat" (fiery beef kebabs) at a Nigerian restaurant in Washington, D.C. But it was Dozie Nnamah, a cab driver in Chicago, who set the scene for properly enjoying this popular West African snack.

Imagine you’re in your twenties and it’s Saturday night in Lagos. You and a bunch of friends crowd into a car for a spin around the city. You crank the radio volume up until it rattles the windshield, listening to Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, or whoever else is rocking the Nigerian airwaves these days.

You pick up a couple of six-packs of Gulder or Premier beer. (None for the driver, of course!) The last stop is the nearest stick meat vendor, where you buy a few dozen suyas, fiery beef kebabs. You eat the stick meat with raw onion and as much cayenne pepper as you can stand, and that’s how it goes-for an evening, at least, it’s hard to imagine that life gets better than this.

Note that the meat shouldn’t be too lean for stick meat; you need a few pieces of fat to baste and tenderize the beef as it cooks. As usual, I offer a range of heat from the cayenne. At my house, I would use 1 tablespoon cayenne for the marinade.


   _ 1/2 lb beef sirloin steaks, boneless (try to choose a piece with some fat on it, or ask your butcher to give you a piece of beef fat)
   _ beef bouillon cubes
   _ tbs water
   _ to 3 tsp cayenne pepper, plus 1 tablespoon for serving
   _ tsp black pepper, freshly ground
   ___ tsp salt
   _ tbs vegetable oil
   _ onion, medium sized, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, for serving


1. Cut the beef into 1/2-inch cubes. Crumble the bouillon cubes in a large bowl and mix with the water to make a thick paste. Stir in the cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Add in the meat and toss thoroughly to coat. Cover and let marinate, in the refrigerator, for 1 to 2 hours.

2. Preheat the grill to high.

3. Remove the beef from the marinade and thread onto the skewers, 6 to 8 cubes to a skewer, leaving the point (the last 1/4 inch of the skewer) exposed. Pour the oil on a plate and roll the skewers around in it to coat the meat.

4. When ready to cook, arrange the skewers on the hot grill grate and grill, turning with tongs, until the meat is cooked to taste, 2 to 3 minutes per side (8 to 12 minutes in all; see Note).

5. Place the onions in a small bowl and the additional 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper in another. To eat, spear a piece of onion on the end of the skewer, then sprinkle the meat with as much additional cayenne as you can bear.

Serves 8 as an appetizer, 4 as an entrée

Note: These times will give you meat that is well-done. All the stick meat I’ve had has been served that way. It’s been made with cheap cuts of meat, so prolonged cooking is required to tenderize it.) To serve medium-rare stick meat, use a more tender cut and cook 1 to 2 minutes per side.

Recipe from The Barbecue! Bible by Steven Raichlen Copyright 2009 by Steven Raichlen. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Workman Publishing.


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