How To Make Persian Beef Koobideh Kebab 

I'm Iranian and I have had this version in Iran and a few places in the US. Although I like it I prefer the more traditional version without the turmeric and egg mixed with the meat. If the meat has proper fat to lean ratio (around 30 to 70 or 40 to 60) and is lamb and beef combined it'll stick to the skewer. Sometimes turmeric and egg can add unpleasant smell to the meat specially on gas/non-charcoal grills. Also squishing the onion water out helps meat become stickier. if you add the Safran to the meat it'll lose it's aroma during cooking, that's why we added to the rice right before serving. Don't get me wrong, this recipe is tasty, I just wanted to share a few tips and tricks.

I just made your Persian rice, jujeh kabab, gormeh sabzi, and kubideh for my daughters second birthday and everything was a hit!! I appreciate so much that you share your delicious recipes!

I'm 40yrs old a never made kabob. I always thought it was to hard and never learned. Thank you I'm going to try

I don't know why I cannot stop looking for your videos? They are super fun and funny and have been done with great taste.

WOW, that looks delicious, thanks for the good instructions I’m going to give this a go.

Thank you so much. Finally as easy way to prepare Koobideh Kebab. It's so expensive where I live. Now I can make my own at home!

These kabab tuned out amazing! I can't wait to make the rest of your recepies! Thank you for sharing.

My mouth is watering...it looks fabulous. Thank you for sharing!

wow, this is so perfect, I finally got the perfect recipe for kobedieh. thanks a lot. I made the basmati rice with dried cranberries.

So great! Just ate these at a Middle Eastern market and wondered how to make. Your instructions are very clear and easy to follow. Thank you!

I found your recipe about three years ago and have made this a handful of times, super easy, delicious and straightforward. Perfect for meal prep and tastes just like the restaurants. Thank you :)

I love your recepies. Thank you sooo much for sharing.

Making this weekend! thank you bro!

Man, you are great. You make it look so easy. Yum. Thank you!

Absolutely Love the food and videos!!!! Thank you ever so much!!!

I really admire your attitude and knowledge. So concise and helpful videos. Thanks and good luck.

This has been one of my favorite dish at Persian restaurants. You made it so simple to make at home. They turned out delicious. Thank you so much for sharing all these amazing recipes.

Hello from Boston USA, thanks for the video!

I love this dish. Watched this vid a bunch to make a hybrid of this. Tonight, I followed to a tee and it’s the best we’ve ever had. You are the man

Awesome new cooking ideas, definitely subscribing. Thank you

Iran🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷 🤙🤙 I'm iranian and it's interesting to see people from other contries are interested in our culture. Hopefully you guys visit our country , we love tourists😉😁

I love koobideh especially with the tomato! Been craving it🤤🤤

I was married to an Iranian for 35 years and cooked Persian food for the last 30 years. I love the tip on getting the excess onion juice out. I was taught to dice the onion, finely, and we sometimes had trouble getting the mixture to stick to the skewer, depending on how much fat and moisture ratio in the mixture. I've never heard of saffron water, but since I'm not a big fan of the flavor of saffron, no problem. On the other hand, I absolutely love turmeric. I season home made French Fries with it, add it to boiled chicken to enhance the flavor and color, etc. My favorite spice all around. Great technique for putting the Koobideh on the skewer 👍 Just subscribed. You can always learn more.

I love Persian food. Koobideh kabob is one of my favorites. I am a good cook but I have not been able to master Persian cuisine. It's truly an art.

Thank you and Nush e Jan! I used to have these delicious and juicy kebabs in Dubai, so nice it got me into Persian foods. I am building a charcoal grill at home and will be making them this spring. Thumbs up.

perfect presentation bro...simple and straight forward

Your Persian cooking videos are very informative. Thank you.

That looks bloody delicious and very quick and simple to make! You just got yourself a new subscriber mate. Looking forward to watching the rest of your video library now. Looks like that's what I'm doing this afternoon!

Instead of using water to form the kabobs, I use the drained onion water.

Damn bro. It’s 1am and I’m starvin now. Thanks a lot!!!!

Amazing!!!! Miss my local persian restaurant and their beautiful koobideh! Will do these real soon, thanks

The way you stand there looking so excited in the beginning is adorable! 😭

Salute mate. Looks amazing. Disregard the negative comments, taste and look is all that matters... I'm gonna try this exact recipe and see how it turns out. Cheers

thanks, that looks amazing

This looks delicious. Thank you for the easy instructions video!

Best video and love how you’re aussie made so easy to understand. Mashallah son go hard

I just made this and it's AMAZING

You're a wizard, Henry!

Bravo! 👌 I always wanted to know how to make Barg kabob like restaurants do and you explained it perfectly. Thank you so much! I'm trying it tonight. ❤️

I had to use 90%/10% and it was still REALLY good. Also had to mold my koobideh into the elongated shapes and pan fry.. also...still delicious! I rolled mine into lavish bread with a garlic-infused yogurt sauce, cucumbers, tomatoes, a small amount of red onion. So good! Thank you for this video!

I’m not Persian I am Mexican but your food is Amazing

I’m from Mexico and this looks incredibly delicious I can’t wait to make this recipe in my home

Wow bro thanks ima try this and very accurate step by step vids 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Wow look simple....can't wait tomorrow to try this recipe.....thank you so much for share this recipe 😍😍😍

Awesome. Thanks for this video! Nice work!

Those are my favourite Persian kebabs :) I miss Persian food so much!

Fantastic stuff Henry - really love your recipes brother x

LOOKS SO YUMMY! I am definitely going to try this!!!

I'm Mexican, and I got to love Persian food during my college years, and thanks to your videos, I'm enjoying it again.

I don't know why mate but I find your videos very therapeutic :)

Great vid and straight to the point...I never thought ppl use eggs to make beef kabab but it looked great, definitely gunna try it 👍👍

Henry you are a legion. Thanks for making this video mate.

OMG..I'm so glad I found your channel.................

Tips: • Let the dried Onion, cap on, rest in the fridge for 2 hours. Using this, you won't need to add Egg to it. (All the excess gas from the onion settles down) • don't use black pepper, instead, use a smaller amount of red pepper, or no pepper! you can always add black pepper later. Adding it in the mixture makes the Koubideh Dark • The water helps a lot. It keeps the surface moist and once it's on the fire, It prevents the Kebab from drying... It's crucial • When you put the Kebab on the fire, the first time, don't let it rest more than 20 seconds and turn it over. If one side is firmed due to the heat and the other side is completely raw, chances that it falls off is high. (In case you add Eggs, you can keep it up for 30 seconds) If you have Somaq powder, try it on after serving the Kebab. it gives it a pleasant stingy taste (Especially if used with Rice, it tastes much better)

Simple and Amazing. Thanks Mate .

Almost exactly the way my family has made it for decades! Thanks so much!

God bless you from Iran

Guys...Iran is a big country with different ways of cooking and completely different traditions!. E.g some put eggs and some dont...relax...you are lucky to have a cheff teaching you how to cook!! Go to amature channels follow them and your meals will be messed up! Relax guys and be thankful.

I’m from El Salvador 🇸🇻 and this is my favorite with the rice and grilled tomatoes 🍅 ❤️

very nice...your videos and recipes are very professional and also very understandable with easy cooking techniques.

I studied in an Iranian high school a long time ago and this was one of my favorite dishes they served in canteen. I want to make this for myself one day. Fav Iranian Food: Jojeh kebab, kobeda kebab and kormeh sabzi. As a non- Iranian, I love Iranian food so much and it is S-tier. Love to all Iranians❤️

All your videos are super cool! Really enjoy watchin em.. can you do a video about the persian rice with the black lentils (i m sorry I dont know the name of the dish) thanks!!

Amazing! Very helpful video👌

Thank you so much for sharing...I love persian food...!!!

Dude! I can't believe i did not know about your channel!!!

It's Ramadan and I'm enjoying these vids of yours

top man Henry. many thanks.

Fantastic job...looks delicious.

Hi Henry Hello from India. I have been making this Kabab for 2years using your recipe and it was always a super hit. I make smash burgers and skewers and they are always superb Thank you my good sir

I used to buy this from a Persian restaurant near my university. I loved the ever living shit out of it. They were so good. They had this amazing yogurt and shallot dip too. Great video Mr. Henry!

Great video. Will try this

Wow looks Awesome! I will definitely give it a try. You make it look very easy lol

In the UK, skewers like this can be bought from Istanbul Catering. 20mm stainless (although the ones in the video look like 25mm)

My daughter is 1/2 Persian and has been asking me to cooked her some Persian food.. I can’t wait to surprise her with your Kabab and Persian rice! 🥰

I'm going to cry . . . just break down and cry while looking at this deliciousness. When I lived in Las Vegas, there's a restaurant where I ate this all of the time. Now in live in hick, Northern California in Humboldt County. There's nothing like this up here and I have to make everything myself.

Great videos! I just subbed, and will try a few recipes on my grill soon!

I made this multiple times. Simple yet amazing recipe. THANKS A LOT! My top 3 kebab I've had, better than most restaurants around here. Thanks a lot Henry!

I love cooking Persian food...my friends 💝it.

That looks awesome, I am making this tonight, Thanks

Such dexterity! Really good

made this today for my wife. she was like "daaaaaaamn this tastes so authentic!"

I use coriander, salt, black pepper, cinnamon, sumac, and garlic powder, ground saffron in my spice blend. I typically use a beef/lamb mixture. Tried it with Bison today... It's amazing.

I tried this recipe and loved it. Super delicious thank you

Thank you so much for this video. Very clear & informative, as usual. I grilled this today on my brand new Weber grill (with zero grill experience). The result was the Koubideh of my dreams! Taste wise, it was the finest Koubideh I’ve had in a very long time. Very authentic tasting, yet of a superior level. I mean it was the level they’d serve at a Four Seasons Hotel, if one were to have a Persian restaurant. Most importantly, it was completely fragrant & juicy. I must mention that I did use LEAN NZ beef, which you advised against. And exactly as you predicted, it broke when I tried to flip it. Nevertheless, it’s so useful that you explained this. In addition, I couldn’t find flat skewers so I just used regular bamboo skewers and shaped them like sausages. But not all broke cause I got very careful. That being said, the taste matters more to me than presentation. Anyway I’ll keep practicing. I also added Sumac and a good pinch of Persian saffron to the water, which no kebab restaurant around here will ever do. I’m in Kuwait and kebab is too commercial. Most use lower quality meat cause kebab is expected to be cheap. Even the 2 upscale restaurants we have, who use premium imported beef, don’t use real Saffron & the kebab isn’t nearly this fragrant. Once again, thanks for inspiring me with your videos and leading the way!

I'm an iranian and I'm impressed of you interest of persian foods Come to iran and enjoy our foods+desserts

Thank you for showing us how to make kubideh. I don’t have a professional grill like yours, so I made it in a pre-heated over-the-counter oven by simply laying it in the cooking pan. I used saffron soaked in hot water for color and I forgot to squeeze the onion juice out lol but it turned out really delicious anyways. Really happy to finally know how to make this really delicious dish 🙂

very skilled, made it look easy but its not easy at all. good job Hassan agha!

Wow that looks awesome..

I love this Persian dish! My ex-husband is Iranian..this is my favorite and a beef stew plus bagalee palo? Rice with lima beans...Mmmmmmmm!

Dude, you made me hungry.

That looked fantastic!

So, Henry, I came across your video on how to make kubideh, and it sounded so good, I asked my son for some Persian skewers for my birthday. Then I watched your video on Persian rice. Today I made kubideh and Persian rice, with Shirazi salad. I served it to a couple of Persian-American friends of my son. These are men who grew up eating Persian cooking every day. And they pronounced it perfectly authentic and really tasty. Thanks!

We tried to make this 3 days ago. It was amazing, tastes just like in the restaurant that we bought from in London. Love it, we will make it again tomorrow. Thank you for the video ^^

I love your channel ❤ I am very new but, i really like watching you cook, and hearing you speak! Not to add that you aren't so bad on the eyes, either (: Keep it up, Henry!!

OMG, I am hungry right now! perfect execution. good hands

Thanks for the info!

So similar to Egyptian kofta. Much love to our Persian cousins

Super Thank you

Amazing videos man, I love food!

Thank you for the recipe we we’re waiting for it since forever