Doner Kebab
Directions
- 1Preheat the oven to 400F.
- 2Grind onion and garlic into a paste using a food processor.
- 3Add the onion and garlic paste to a bowl along with ground beef, seasonings (paprika, garlic powder, cumin, dried parsley, coriander, sumac, kosher salt, black pepper), Greek yogurt, tomato paste, and olive oil.
- 4Mix the ingredients very well.
- 5Take a handful of the meat mixture (approximately 3/4 cup) and place it between two pieces of parchment paper.
- 6Roll the meat out thin and as evenly as possible with a rolling pin.
- 7Roll up the parchment paper with the meat inside and repeat for the remaining meat.
- 8Bake the rolled meat in the oven for 30 minutes.
- 9Remove from oven, unroll the parchment paper, and break up the cooked meat.
- 10Thinly slice red onion using a mandolin for the piyaz salad.
- 11Add the sliced red onion to a bowl along with sumac, half a lemon, olive oil, and chopped parsley. Toss well.
- 12For the yogurt tahini sauce, add Greek yogurt, tahini, lemon juice, mashed garlic, cumin, kosher salt, and black pepper to a bowl.
- 13Whisk the sauce ingredients together well, then taste and adjust seasonings, adding water as needed to thin.
- 14Prepare roasted vegetables (tomatoes, bell pepper, jalapeno) by drizzling with olive oil and seasoning with salt before roasting.
- 15Assemble the doner kebab by spreading yogurt tahini sauce on lavash bread, adding the cooked meat, roasted vegetables, piyaz salad, and romaine lettuce.
- 16Roll up the lavash tightly to form the kebab.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 small yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tb paprika
- 1 tb garlic powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2 tb dried parsley
- 0.5 tsp coriander
- 3 tsp sumac
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3 tb greek yogurt
- 3 tb olive oil
- tomato paste
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 3 tb tahini
- 1 lemon
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 1 red onion
- 2 tb sumac
- 0.5 lemon
- 2 tb olive oil
- 2 tb parsley
- 4 pieces lavash
- tomatoes
- bell pepper
- jalapeno
- Romaine lettuce
Equipment
food processorbowlparchment paperrolling pinbaking trayoventongsmandolin
Tips
- Pressing the meat thin between two pieces of parchment paper, rolling it up, and baking is a genius hack for doner kebab at home.
- Adjust seasonings in the yogurt tahini sauce to taste and add water as needed to thin.
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