Spiced Beef Skewer Rice Bowls
with Tomato Cucumber Salad, Lemony Hummus & Toasted Pitas
- Sesame
- Wheat
- Milk
We love a rice bowl! Street-food-fave beef skewers are spiced up with our aromatic, earthy shawarma spice blend, roasted to perfection and then served atop fragrant, fluffy rice. And to tick all of the boxes, our chefs added a crunchy, fresh tomato-cuke salad, a dollop of lemony hummus, and toasty whole wheat pitas for scooping or serving alongside. You do you!
Ingredients
4 tablespoon
Hummus
(Contains: Sesame)
1 unit
Onion
2 unit
Whole Wheat Pitas
(Contains: Sesame, Wheat)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
4 unit
Wooden Skewers
1 tablespoon
Shawarma Spice Blend
1 unit
Tomato
½ cup
Basmati Rice
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Heat broiler to high. Place 4 skewers (all for 4 servings) in a shallow dish and cover with water to soak. • Halve, peel, and dice half the onion; grate remaining half on the largest holes of a box grater. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until lightly browned and softened, 3-4 minutes. • Add rice, ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4), half the stock concentrate (you’ll use the rest later), and ½ tsp Shawarma Spice Blend (1 tsp for 4). (You’ll use the rest of the Shawarma Spice Blend later.) Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• Meanwhile, bring 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) to room temperature. Wash and dry produce. • Finely dice tomato. Trim and finely dice cucumber. Quarter lemon.
• In a medium bowl, combine beef*, grated onion, remaining Shawarma Spice Blend, remaining stock concentrate, ¾ tsp salt (1½ tsp for 4 servings), and pepper. • Divide beef mixture into four equal portions (eight portions for 4). Roll each portion into a thin log on a cutting board. Press each log around a skewer, sealing the meat and leaving 2-3 inches of skewer uncovered at the bottom.
• Place beef skewers on a lightly oiled baking sheet. Broil until cooked through, 5-6 minutes. TIP: Watch carefully to avoid burning.
• While beef skewers roast, in a second medium bowl, combine tomato, cucumber, juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 4 servings), a drizzle of olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. • In a third medium bowl, whisk together hummus, 1 TBSP olive oil (2 TBSP for 4 servings), a pinch of salt and pepper, and a squeeze of lemon juice to taste. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
• Toast pitas. Spread pitas with softened butter, then cut each into four pieces. • Fluff rice with a fork. Taste and season with salt and pepper. • Divide rice, beef skewers, tomato salad, and pitas between bowls. Drizzle skewers with lemony hummus. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160º.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the dish's combination of flavors, especially the rice, fresh salad, and lemony hummus 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Some found skewering the meat challenging; consider making meatballs instead for easier cooking and serving.
- Suggestions: Add extra spices to boost the beef's flavor; try tzatziki or garlic sauce as an alternative to hummus.
- Portions: A few wanted more pitas and a larger cucumber salad for a heartier meal.
- Cooking method: Some had trouble with broiling; consider pan-frying or baking at a lower temperature for longer.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was a pretty good dish, I just think that the beef needs something more. Although the beef was cooked within its own fat, it was dry and lacked any noticeable seasoning. The key to this dish was definitely the pita. Taking a bit of everything and stuffing that into some pita...WOW! Perfect bite! This dish definitely needs the moisture that you get from the tomatoes and cucumber but also from the hummus drizzle. I used only lemon juice to thin the hummus. I liked what the extra acid did. I can't imagine watering it down. Will definitely be on the menu again. I just need to figure out what to use to punch up the beef.
This was very creative and cool. I shared this one with my kids, they got a skewer each. I told my son it was hamburger on a stick :) Everyone enjoyed it. I really liked the rice w/onion, and had plenty of it. Could have used 1 more pita, and maybe an extra cucumber since it was so little.
This meal was amazing, and the preparation didn't take as long as I thought it would. I love that the skewers were cooked in the broiler in under 10 minutes!
Everything was fresh and instructions were easy to follow. Me and family will be making a meal each day after work. I was able to use all 8 skewers for the meat. Even my 18-month-old daughter ate it.
Full of flavor, juicy meat and fresh salad with lemony hummus and soft pita. Delicious!
We enjoyed this one a lot. Loved the pita bread and the fresh cucumber salad.
Great meal! Difficult getting meat on skewers and the skewers still burned even though I soaked them!
Everything was delicious. This is a new favorite. I did NOT receive the wood sticks. Luckily I had my own metal ones.
We loved this!! Would love to see more Turkish/middle eastern inspired dishes
The meat didn't cook under the broiler; left them in longer, but skewers started to burn. Had to microwave to get the meat cooked. Skewers seemed unnecessary; too thick to hold and eat. Overall, very tasty, though!
