Recipes · Turkish · Grilled Dishes
Ciğer Kebabı (Grilled Liver Skewers)
One serving has 329 kcal and 32 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (5631%), vitamin A (1588%), copper (1167%), riboflavin (497%), selenium (225%) and pantothenic acid (185%). Ready in 15 minutes.
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 5 min
- Makes: 1 serving (192 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, High protein, Low carb
- Contains: meat
Ingredients
- 150 g Lamb liver, raw
- 15 g Lamb fat
- 1 g Cumin
- 0.5 g Cayenne pepper
- 1 g Salt
- 20 g Onions, raw
- 1 g Lemon zest
- 3 g Parsley, fresh
Method
- Cut the lamb liver and lamb fat into 2-3 cm cubes.
- Thread them alternately onto skewers and season with cumin, cayenne pepper and salt.
- Grill over hot coals or under a very hot grill for 2-3 minutes a side, until the fat is crisp and the liver is just cooked through but still faintly pink inside.
- Toss the sliced onion and parsley with a pinch of sumac (or the lemon zest here).
- Serve the skewers hot with the onion-parsley salad alongside.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 329 kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 5.7 g | |
| Water | 131 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.79 g | 3% |
| Protein | 31.7 g | 66% |
| Tryptophan | 0.36 g | |
| Threonine | 1.4 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.4 g | |
| Leucine | 2.5 g | |
| Lysine | 1.7 g | |
| Methionine | 0.68 g | |
| Cystine | 0.33 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.4 g | |
| Tyrosine | 1.1 g | |
| Valine | 1.7 g | |
| Histidine | 0.74 g | |
| Fat | 19.3 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 5 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.6 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.8 g | |
| Saturated | 7.8 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.61 g | |
| Cholesterol | 568 mg | |
| Calcium | 31.3 mg | 3% |
| Copper | 10.5 mg | 1167% |
| Iron | 12.1 mg | 67% |
| Magnesium | 37.3 mg | 12% |
| Manganese | 0.35 mg | 19% |
| Phosphorus | 567 mg | 81% |
| Potassium | 559 mg | 12% |
| Selenium | 124 µg | 225% |
| Sodium | 501 mg | |
| Zinc | 7.2 mg | 90% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.54 mg | 49% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 5.5 mg | 497% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 24.5 mg | 175% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 9.3 mg | 185% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 1.4 mg | 108% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 354 µg | 89% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 135 µg | 5631% |
| Choline | 2.2 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 11,117 µg | 1588% |
| Vitamin C | 13.2 mg | 18% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.6 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.39 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin K | 49.7 µg | 55% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
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