The name "Shashlik" came (to my knowledge) from Georgia (former Soviet Republic). Authentic shashlik has to be cooked using ONLY lamb meat but lamb meat in USA (or Australia or New Zealand) is not exactly the same what it was in former Soviet Union.... I am sorry but... that lamb meat had more fat in it and had more taste... Or... maybe I was younger???? :-) Aslo, as soon as lamb meat was more expensive than pork (and I am talking about 80's and 90's), we had to adapt to cooking shashlik using pork meat and... it wasn't that bad at all!! Shashlik is basically meat (whatever it is) marinated using vinegar or tomato juice with diced onion, parsley, silantro, BP, sault and some paprika.
This happened that my local supermarket had port shoulder country style ribs on sale for .99 cents for a pound and I just couldn't pass on it.
Marinated for 6 hours with tomato juice and ... on skewers...
"Mangal" with cherry chunks is getting ready.... Shashlik has to be cooked on a "mangal" which I brought to USA in 1995 on my way from the trip from my native country Kazakhstan... where I was borned .... This mangal is portable and is made of titanium.... and it's still almost like new...
Skewers on Mangal....
Almost done....
Ready to serve....
Covered with red onion marinated with some vinegar... Not too much of vinegar - just some.... And ready to eat... Sooooo good... very tender, juice.... Like from my childhood....
This happened that my local supermarket had port shoulder country style ribs on sale for .99 cents for a pound and I just couldn't pass on it.
Marinated for 6 hours with tomato juice and ... on skewers...
"Mangal" with cherry chunks is getting ready.... Shashlik has to be cooked on a "mangal" which I brought to USA in 1995 on my way from the trip from my native country Kazakhstan... where I was borned .... This mangal is portable and is made of titanium.... and it's still almost like new...
Skewers on Mangal....
Almost done....
Ready to serve....
Covered with red onion marinated with some vinegar... Not too much of vinegar - just some.... And ready to eat... Sooooo good... very tender, juice.... Like from my childhood....