Prepare to up your kebab game with these amazing Surf and Turk Kebabs with Chimichurri Sauce. Tender and juicy steak and shrimp, grilled to perfection and covered in an authentic tangy chimichurri sauce. Impressive and delicious! If you are looking for more grilling recipes, make sure to check out my Hawaiian Chicken Kebab recipe too!
Surf and Turf Kebabs
Remain calm. Surf and Turf Kebabs are about to solve your dinner worries. This recipe is simply divine. Perfectly grilled steak and shrimp, topped with an amazing chimichurri sauce, on your table in 10-15 minutes. You will not believe how incredibly simple this recipe is. It certainly doesn’t taste simple!
What is Surf and Turf?
If you have never heard of surf and turf, you are missing out my friend. Surf and Turf is the classic name for any main meal that consists of red meat and seafood, served together. In my case, I went for steak and shrimp but you could probably try something similar with scallops or prawns.
Chimichurri Sauce
Chimichurri sauce is a South American condiment that is traditionally served with red meat or grilled fish or chicken. It is a simple dish with no added sugar, just finely diced fresh herbs, vinegar, and oil.
Add the ingredients into a medium-sized bowl and then add salt and cayenne pepper. Stir to combine and then add the olive oil and red wine vinegar. Stir to combine well. Since this is an oil-based condiment it needs to be stirred regularly.
This mixture should marinate for a few hours before you use it. In a traditional South American household, the chimichurri sauce sits out at room temperature, so no need to refrigerate.
How to Make Surf and Turf Kebabs with Chimichurri Sauce
Start by soaking your wooden skewers in water for about 30 minutes. The water will soak into the wood and create a barrier that will help prevent them from burning.
Cut your steak into 1-inch cubes. Try hard to keep the cubes uniform in size, this will ensure they cook evenly. Before cooking my shrimp will actually appear LARGER than the steak, but no worries, they will all become uniform in size when they are done. Alternate the steak and shrimp onto the skewers, leaving about 1 inch of empty space on each end. Brush both sides of the skewers lightly with olive oil and then season with salt and pepper. Add the skewers to a hot grill (make sure to oil the grates). Flip every 4-5 minutes until the shrimp turns white and the steak is cooked to your liking (about 8-10 minutes).
How to Oil Grill Grates
Just be safe about it. Don’t spray cooking spray on the grates or pour oil on the grates. This will cause the flame to ignite and could blow back at you. The safest method of oiling a grill grate is to dip a cloth or handful of bunched-up paper towels into cooking oil (like canola). Do not saturate the clothes, they should not be dripping. You want enough oil on it to coat the grill grate, but you don’t want it dripping everywhere. With a protected hand (use an oven mitt or glove), lightly brush the hot grill grates with the cloth.
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Surf and Turf Kabobs with Chimichurri Sauce
Ingredients
Chimichurri Sauce:
- 1 cup olive oil
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ⅔ cup minced shallot
- ⅔ cup minced fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
- 2 teaspoons chopped cilantro
- 1 medium jalapeno, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper, (or more to taste)
Surf and Turf:
- 3 pounds sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 package (16 ounces) jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, tail-on
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Chimichurri Sauce
- Stir all ingredients together in a bowl and leave at room temp for two hours.
Surf and Turf
- If using wooden skewers, make sure to soak them in water for 1 hour to prevent burning.
- Preheat grill to medium-high heat (about 425°F).
- Cut beef into 1-inch cubes and thread steak and shrimp onto skewers.
- Brush oil onto skewers and then lightly salt and pepper both sides.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes for turning every four minutes. (You may want to test a shrimp for doneness. We prefer steak Medium-Rare. If you perfer more well done steak you may want to cook the steak and shrimp separately.)
- Remove from heat, drizzle with chimichurri sauce and serve.
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Can you bake then broil
Do I marinate the shrimp and steak or only drizzle it with the chimichurri sauce after they are cooked?
Happy fourth of July.
I am excited to try this recipe
Can’t believe this would work. Shrimp cook very quickly. If the steak takes more than 5 minutes, your shrimp will be inedible. Looks pretty, but no.
It does work. 🙂 And they are delicious!
Agreed! I make this on my grill and over the fire while camping. works perfectly!
This was an amazing recipe! I made this for my in-laws birthday. Everyone absolutely raved over it and I didn’t dare share how easy it was. The chimichurri sauce was amazing. I doubled up on the sauce recipe, not that the recipe needed it, but that I wanted it for multiple meals after!
Can you use dried herbs instead of fresh?
This recipe was delicious! Ended up having lots of leftover chimichurri for the rest of the week. Will be making again!
This chimmichuri recipe is insanely good. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve made it.
It’s really flexible and forgiving too if you don’t have the exact ingredients. I’ve used dry thyme instead of fresh, with great results; I’ve left out cilantro and it still tastes good; once I didn’t have enough red wine vinegar to complete the recipe so I used balsamic to top it up: and all the variations tasted good! Also, spooning it over grilled red meat is genius. We live in South Africa and it works crazy well on ostrich. This recipe beats anything I’ve tasted in a restaurant! 😍
Yay!! Lovelovelove the idea of balsamic!! I have to try that ASAP.
Absolutley delicious! After putting this together last summer, my guy requested we make this often; and we will! 5+ stars. Thank you for such a fabulously tasty recipe.
Could you cook the steak first for a little while since we like it done to a med well . Then put it on th skewers with shrimp and on grill
This is officially in my fav dinner rotation. My husband talked about it for a week!