# Sheet Pan Kebab Laffa

This is one of the best tasting kebab laffas you will ever have, made in under 30 minutes, it is juicy, spice-packed and dripping with tahina, with no skewers and no grill but all the flavor.

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

## Ingredients

- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 large onion
- 1 red pepper
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 jalapeño
- 0.25 cup tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 beefsteak tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- 1 bunch parsley, chopped
- 1 lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 teaspoons sumac
- 1 cup tahina
- 1 cup ice cold water
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 flat pita

## Instructions

1. Add parsley, onion, red pepper, garlic cloves, and optionally jalapeño into a food processor.
2. Blend the ingredients until mushy.
3. Strain the liquid from the blended mixture through a fine mesh strainer and squeeze out all the juice.
4. Add the strained vegetable mixture to the ground beef.
5. Add 1/4 cup tomato paste and spices (1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp paprika, 1 tsp turmeric) to the meat mixture.
6. Combine all the ingredients thoroughly.
7. Drizzle some oil on a baking sheet.
8. Transfer the kebab mixture to the baking sheet and flatten it to about 1/2 inch thick.
9. Use a spatula or pastry cutter to cut the kebab mixture into strips, approximately 1 1/2 inches thick.
10. Score the meat horizontally.
11. Bake the kebab in a preheated oven at 425°F for 15 minutes.
12. While the kebab is baking, chop the tomatoes, ensuring to wipe up any excess tomato juice.
13. Slice the onion.
14. Add the chopped tomatoes and sliced onion to a bowl.
15. Chop one bunch of parsley, including the stems.
16. Add the chopped parsley to the bowl with tomatoes and onion.
17. Drizzle a good amount of olive oil over the salad ingredients.
18. Squeeze fresh lemon juice into the salad.
19. Add salt and sumac to the salad.
20. Toss the salad to combine all ingredients.
21. Prepare the tahina sauce by pouring about one cup of tahina into a bowl.
22. Add about one cup of ice-cold water, a little bit of salt, and fresh squeezed lemon juice to the tahina.
23. Whisk the tahina ingredients until creamy.
24. Broil the kebab for about 5 minutes until it is browned.
25. Grab a flat pita, place two kebab strips on it, add a generous amount of salad, and then drizzle with tahina.
26. Roll up the laffa and enjoy!

## Equipment

- food processor
- fine mesh strainer
- baking sheet
- spatula
- pastry cutter
- oven
- cutting board
- knife
- lemon squeezer
- whisk
- bowl
- tongs

## Tips

- Feel free to use any ground meat of your choice for the kebab.
- If you like things spicy, add an optional jalapeño to the food processor.
- You want your meat to be about 1/2 inch thick when spread on the baking sheet.
- The kebab can also be served over rice with salad and tahina if you skip the bread.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SdppuW/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/601f6236-e68e-4a27-984d-62e9e6ede312
- Extracted: 2025-09-08

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