# Doner Kebab

This recipe shows how to make the viral doner kebab at home without a spit, by pressing the meat thin between parchment paper, rolling it up, and baking it.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- food processor
- bowl
- parchment paper
- rolling pin
- baking tray
- oven
- tongs
- mandolin

## 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2575194016170030/?fs=e&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/15c88d92-3869-4512-b8b6-6f93271286e3
- Extracted: 2025-12-14

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