Recipe for cooking mango-marinated beef kabobs

Recipes from the Caribbean :: Caribbean Main Dish Meats

1 small ripe mango
1 med. onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 Tbsp. canola (or other vegetable) oil
2 Tbsp. packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp. curry powder
2 Tbsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
6 drops red pepper sauce
1 lb. beef boneless sirloin steak, cut into 1 1/2-in. cubes
2 large firm bananas, each cut into 6 pieces
12 (1 1/2-in.) cubes fresh pineapple

Pare and remove seed from mango; place mango in blender container. Cover and blend on low speed until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Cook and stir onion and garlic in oil until onion is tender. Mix onion mixture, mango, brown sugar, curry powder, vinegar, salt and pepper sauce in a non-reactive bowl. Stir in beef. Cover and refrigerate at least 24 hours.

Remove beef from marinade; reserve marinade. Alternate beef, banana and pineapple pieces on each of four 14-in. metal skewers. Brush marinade over all sides of fruit. Set oven to broil or 550 degrees fahrenheit. Broil kabobs with tops about 4 in. from heat for 7 to 8 mins. Turn; brush with marinade. Broil until beef is of med. doneness and fruit is brown, 7 to 8 mins. longer. Heat remaining marinade to boiling. Serve kabobs with marinade and hot cooked rice, if desired.

Yields 4 servings.