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Beef Kebabs with Peanut Dipping Sauce

This superb South Beach Diet™ beef shish kebab recipe is made ever more flavorful with the addition of a delightful peanut sauce recipe used for dipping. Sirloin steak is used for the beef kebab recipe, and the enticing flavors of onion, garlic lime, and other spices certainly make this one of our favorite sirloin steak recipes out there. Appropriate for all phases of The South Beach Diet™, try this steak recipe and let the taste speak for itself. This is truly an amazing shish kebab recipe!

Serves 4

Ingredients
Remember when you were young, and you thought everything tasted better with a little peanut butter on it? Well, after tasting this recipe, you'll be sure you were absolutely right.

1/2 cup light soy sauce
2 tablespoons granulated brown sugar substitute
2 tablespoons sugar substitute
4 cloves garlic, pressed
1 1/2 pounds sirloin steak, 1 1/2" thick, cut into 1" pieces
1/2 cup creamy unsweetened natural peanut butter
3/4 cup water
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 green bell pepper, cut into squares
1 red bell pepper, cut into squares
1 large onion, cut into wedges

Instructions
In a shallow dish, combine half of the soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar substitute, 1 tablespoon of the sugar substitute, and 2 of the pressed garlic cloves. Add the steak and stir to coat. Let stand for 20 minutes, stirring once.

Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan over high heat, combine the peanut butter, water, lime juice, ginger, ground red pepper, the remaining half of the soy sauce, the remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar substitute, the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar substitute, and the remaining 2 cloves pressed garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils. Remove it from heat.

Coat a grill rack with cooking spray. Preheat the grill to high.

Thread the steak, peppers, and onion onto four metal skewers. Place on the grill rack and cook, turning occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until the steak is no longer pink, and a thermometer inserted in the thickest portion registers 160°F and the juices run clear. Serve with the peanut sauce.

Recipe from The South Beach Diet Cookbook. For information on the book, click here.

Nutritional Information:
481 calories
23 total fat (6 g sat)
104 mg cholesterol
23 g carbohydrate
46 g protein
4 g fiber
863 mg sodium

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