Low Carb Pork Kebabs with Tzatziki Sauce

Pita sandwich with pork and vegetable kabobs.

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Low Carb Pork Kebabs with Tzatziki Sauce

These pork kabobs can be enjoyed with a yogurt and cucumber dipping sauce (tzatziki) for a low carb meal. Add some pita bread for a more complete meal.

Course: dinner

Cuisine: American, Greek

Meat & Poultry: pork

Servings:

Calories: 506kcal

Author: Dorothy Stainbrook

Equipment

Skewers
Indoor grill optional
sharp knife

Ingredients

2 Pounds Pork tenderloin Cut into bite size pieces
3 Tablespoons spice rub I used a jerk seasoning- use your favorite spice rub
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Red or orange bell peppers Cut into bite size pieces
1 Purple onion quartered
1 Zucchini sliced and halved
1 Lemon
6 pita bread

Tzatziki Sauce

1 Medium cucumber
1 ½ Cup full fat plain Greek yogurt
2 Tablespoons olive oil use good extra-virgin oil
1 Tablespoon fresh dill chopped
1 Tablespoon Fresh mint chopped
1 Tablespoon Lemon juice
1 Clove Garlic Minced
Kosher salt

Instructions

Cut pork into bite-size pieces and place in large bowl. Sprinkle with spice rub and toss together with your hands. Add oil and toss again with hands getting the rub and oil onto all of the pieces.
Let marinate in the rub for 1/2 hour while you cut up the veggies and make the sauce.
2 Pounds Pork tenderloin, 3 Tablespoons spice rub, 3 Tablespoons olive oil
While pork is marinating, cut the veggies into large enough pieces that they will not fall off the skewers. Set aside.
2 Red or orange bell peppers, 1 Purple onion, 1 Lemon, 1 Zucchini
Make the tzatziki:
Grate cucumber using large hole of a box grater. Place in colander with some salt and let drain. Mix the rest of the sauce ingredients together in a large bowl.
Press down on grated cucumber with a spatula to try and get as much water our as possible.
Add the grated cucumber to the bowl, stir together and taste for salt. Add salt to your preference (I added 1/2 teaspoon) cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
1 Medium cucumber, 1 1/2 Cup full fat plain Greek yogurt, 2 Tablespoons olive oil, 1 Tablespoon fresh dill, 1 Tablespoon Fresh mint, 1 Tablespoon Lemon juice, 1 Clove Garlic, Kosher salt
Preheat griddler to high heat. Thread the pork strips onto 8-10" wooden or metal skewers. Place skewers on griddler and lower the top down.
If you are using a regular grill, you will need to turn the skewers after about 5 minutes. If using a griddler, just cook them for 5-7 minutes or until pork is no longer pink and the juices run clear.
Remove skewers to a sheet pan and place in pre-heated oven (250 degrees F).
Thread the veggies onto the skewers and add to the griddler. Let them grill about 4-5 minutes. Lift top to check that they aren't getting too scorched.
Serve by spreading tzatziki sauce on the pita bread and placing a pork kabob and a vegetable kabob on the pita. Each person can remove the meat and veggies from the skewer onto the pita bread and add more tzatziki sauce on top.
6 pita bread

Notes

*if you want to make your own hot chili oil, combine 2 tsp peanut oil with 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes in microwavable cup. Microwave at high 30 to 45 seconds. Let stand 5 minutes to allow flavor to develop.

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