# Crispy Beef Shawarma

A crispy beef shawarma recipe made with flank steak, marinated and cooked on skewers with onion and lamb fat.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs flank steak, cut into smaller pieces
- lemon juice
- olive oil
- hot pepper paste
- spices
- minced garlic cloves
- 1 large onion
- lamb fat
- jumbo pa

## Instructions

1. Cut 2 lbs of flank steak into smaller pieces.
2. Prepare the marinade with lemon juice, olive oil, hot pepper paste, some spices, and minced garlic cloves.
3. Mix all the marinade ingredients together.
4. Massage the meat into the marinade.
5. Grab two wooden skewers and one large onion.
6. Cut the onion in half across the equator.
7. Place one of the onion halves face down.
8. Press the two wooden skewers into the onion.
9. Skewer the marinated meat onto the skewers.
10. Add some lamb fat for crazy flavor.
11. Press the other half of the onion on top of the skewered meat.
12. Place the skewered meat in the same pan the meat was marinating in.
13. Bake in the oven at 400°F.
14. Check the internal temperature of the meat; it needs to reach 160°F.
15. Once ready, give the shawarma a final brush and turn to baste the other side.
16. Grab a jumbo pa and wrap it up with all the pan drippings.
17. Brush the pa seam side down.
18. Place the pa on a hot pan and flip it.

## Equipment

- wooden skewers
- pan
- oven

## Tips

- Do not use yogurt in this recipe.
- Cook the shawarma until it reaches 160°F internal temperature.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0sO2HEIC0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a38eaa15-f244-4a97-9a4c-b0d301f6ac4f
- Extracted: 2026-02-14

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