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Skewered success: 45 kebabs and other tasty recipes on a stick

From satay skewers to icy poles: we reckon every meal can easily be transformed into foods-on-a-stick. Whether you're after an easy entertaining solution, or a new way to coax fussy little eaters, these recipes will sort you out.

42 recipes
Pork and pineapple filling for tacos.

Danielle Alvarez's tacos al pastor

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Chicken satay skewers.

Karen Martini's chicken skewers with easy satay sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Middle Eastern one-tray wonder with lamb koftas, torn falafel and a bed of dates and grains.

Persian lamb kofta traybake with torn falafel, dates and grains

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Real crowd pleaser: Moo ping pork skewers.

Four finger-food recipes for (small) group gatherings

  • Emmylou MacCarthy
Adam Liaw's garlic and anchovy beef skewers.
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Adam Liaw's garlic and anchovy beef skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Serve the skewers with flatbread.

Dan Lepard's skillet shawarma (lamb kebab)

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
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Jill Dupleix's chicken kofte skewers with with turmeric tahini.
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Jill Dupleix's chicken kofta with turmeric tahini

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Turmeric fish skewers and garlic greens.
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Adam Liaw's turmeric fish skewers and garlic greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's beef sticks slicked with spicy tamarind marinade.
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Neil Perry's beef sticks with spicy tamarind

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry recipe : Lemon and oregano lamb skewers with cucumber yoghurt.
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Neil Perry's lemon and oregano lamb skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Coconut rice with quick pickled vegetables and prawn skewers.
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Rachel Khoo's coconut rice with quick pickled veg and prawn skewers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
Jill Dupleix's spicy sambal pork belly skewers.
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Jill Dupleix's sambal pork belly skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupelix and Jill Dupleix
Barbecued calamari.

Karen Martini's barbecued calamari with a green tomato, herb and chilli salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Pork and lemon meatball skewers.
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Neil Perry's pork and lemon meatball skewers

  • < 30 mins
BBQ Yakitori Chicken
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Neil Perry's barbecue yakitori chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Caprese skewers

Stephanie Alexander's caprese skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Stephanie Alexander
Sticky pork skewers with spiced lime dipping sauce.
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Sticky pork skewers with spiced lime dipping sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Lemongrass and ginger chicken skewers with peanut satay sauce.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks' lemongrass and ginger chicken skewers with peanut satay sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Moorish pork skewers with black olive & orange salsa.

Karen Martini's Moorish pork skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Gilda, skewered white anchovies, guindilla pepper and green olives. Frank Camorra FOOD ON STICKS recipes for Spectrum and Good Food. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. The Sydney Morning Herald. March 8, 2013.
EASY

Frank Camorra's gilda with white anchovies, guindilla pepper and green olives

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
If you like your salmon saucy, make a double portion of the dressing.
EASY

Donna Hay's green chilli and ginger grilled salmon skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Donna Hay
Spicy, charred Chinese-inspired skewers.

Adam Liaw's Xinjiang-style lamb skewers with cumin and chilli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Smart skewers Hot Food.

Jill Dupleix's lamb skewers with green tahini

  • < 30 mins
Salmon tikka with fresh mango chutney

Jill Dupleix's salmon tikka with fresh mango chutney

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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Lamb with haloumi and fast tomato sugo.

Lamb with haloumi and fast tomato sugo

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's grilled pork skewers.

Asian-style grilled pork skewers recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Barbecue nori prawns with lemon soy

Barbecue nori prawns with lemon soy

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
King prawns with chargrilled sweetcorn salsa.

King prawns with chargrilled sweetcorn salsa

  • < 30 mins
Chicken skewers with jalapeno jam and corn. Footy food recipes for Good Food September 2018. Please credit Katrina Meynink.

Chipotle caramelised chicken with jalapeno jam, corn and manchego cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
The key to boosting the flavour of these chicken skewers is to marinate the meat overnight.

Sticky pomegranate and cumin chicken skewers with date and pistachio salsa

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Yakitori chicken with chicken livers.
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Jill Dupleix's yakitori chicken skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Skewers of chorizo, peppers and olives

Skewers of chorizo, peppers and olives

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Ben Shewry's Australian-flavoured satay with kangaroo and macadamia nuts.

Ben Shewry recipe: Kangaroo and macadamia satay

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Ben Shewry
Chicken skewers with chermoula.

Marinated chicken skewers with chermoula

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
EASY

Wild hibiscus mojito popsicles

  • 2 hrs +
  • Caroline Velik
Pine lime splice. Karen Martini ICE CREAM recipes for Epicure and Good Food. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Styling by Caroline Velik, plates from Mud, small spoon from Ex libris, MUST CREDIT. PLEASE DO NOT CROP OUT FOREGROUND OF DISH OR IMAGE. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Karen Martini's coconut and lime icy pole with spiced syrup and pineapple

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini

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