Without further ado, except pointing you to the recipe, here is Mike Rupp’s creation; Kofta with rice, mushrooms and spinach.

This week’s winning recipe was sent in by Mike Rupp who runs the Seattle Coffee Roast blog, reviewing the good and bad that Seattle has to offer.  Mike was also crowned the Expedition Exchange Iron Chef Showdown VI Champion. Mike added in butter and onions for a great sounding Kofta recipe.  I currently lack a grill so I will be broiling them as sausages.

Look for the video coming soon!  Thanks, Mike!

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Recipe: Kofta with rice, sauteed spinach, & mushrooms

In a large bowl place the ground lamb, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp ground pepper, 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley, and 1/2 grated and drained onion. Mix until the texture becomes sticky. If you have metal kebab skewers, wet hands and form the mixture around the skewer. If not, shape into a sausage. If you used skewers, grill on high 3-4 minutes per side. If not, broil on a lightly greased sheet of aluminum foil on a cookie sheet for 3-4 minutes per side.

Rice: cook according to the directions on the rice, but add in 1 tbl butter and 1 tsp salt (assuming that you are making a 2 person serving.

Mushrooms: thread on a skewer and grill along side the meat or broil drizzled with a little olive oil.

Spinach: saute in olive oil until wilted. Season with salt & pepper to taste.