Homemade Doner Kebab

Name: Homemade Doner Kebab
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 lbs ground beef (80/20); 1 large onion, grated; drizzle olive oil; 2 tbsp paprika; 1 tbsp salt; 2 tsp black pepper; 2 tsp granulated garlic; Serrano chilies; 2 tomatoes, quartered; 1 cup pure sesame paste; 1 large garlic clove; 1 lemon juice; 1 tsp salt; 0.75 cup ice-cold water

30m

Serves 1

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Homemade Doner Kebab

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30m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add two pounds of ground beef into your bowl.
2Take one large onion and run it through a food processor until it looks about right.
3Add the processed onion with its liquid straight into the meat.
4Add a drizzle of olive oil to the meat mixture.
5Add paprika, salt, black pepper, and granulated garlic to the meat mixture.
6Grab a glove and mix the meat mixture until it looks ready.
7Grab one sheet of parchment paper.
8Take a fourth of your meat and place it on top of the parchment paper.
9Place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the meat.
10Grab a rolling pin and flatten it out to almost paper thin.
11Carefully remove the top sheet of parchment paper.
12Roll up the sheet with the meat into a log.
13Repeat the process for the remaining meat.
14Grab a baking sheet and set your meat rolls right on top.
15Add some spicy chilies and quartered tomatoes to the empty space on the baking sheet.
16Drizzle olive oil over the chilies and tomatoes.
17Place the baking sheet into the oven, preheated to 400 degrees, for about 20 minutes.
18While the meat bakes, pour pure sesame paste into a bowl to make homemade tahini.
19Add one Siamese twin garlic clove to the sesame paste.
20Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to the mixture.
21Add a little bit of salt and ice-cold water to the mixture.
22Whisk everything together until the homemade tahini is smooth and creamy.
23After 20 minutes, check the meat and remove any liquid from the baking sheet.
24Place the baking sheet back into the oven for another 10 minutes.
25After 10 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and remove the parchment paper from the meat rolls.
26Shred the cooked meat.
27Serve some of the kebab on flatbread.
28Add a few tomatoes and a couple of jalapeños on top of the kebab on the flatbread.
29Roll up the flatbread to make a wrap and cut it in half.
30Top the kebab wrap with some tahini.
31Enjoy the doner kebab.

Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef (80/20)
1 large onion, grated
drizzle olive oil
2 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp granulated garlic
Serrano chilies
2 tomatoes, quartered
1 cup pure sesame paste
1 large garlic clove
1 lemon juice
1 tsp salt
0.75 cup ice-cold water

Equipment

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Tips

Leftovers are incredible on salads.
You can save the liquid from the baking sheet to reheat the kebab later.

Homemade Doner Kebab

30m

Serves 1

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Homemade Doner Kebab

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30m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add two pounds of ground beef into your bowl.
2Take one large onion and run it through a food processor until it looks about right.
3Add the processed onion with its liquid straight into the meat.
4Add a drizzle of olive oil to the meat mixture.
5Add paprika, salt, black pepper, and granulated garlic to the meat mixture.
6Grab a glove and mix the meat mixture until it looks ready.
7Grab one sheet of parchment paper.
8Take a fourth of your meat and place it on top of the parchment paper.
9Place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the meat.
10Grab a rolling pin and flatten it out to almost paper thin.
11Carefully remove the top sheet of parchment paper.
12Roll up the sheet with the meat into a log.
13Repeat the process for the remaining meat.
14Grab a baking sheet and set your meat rolls right on top.
15Add some spicy chilies and quartered tomatoes to the empty space on the baking sheet.
16Drizzle olive oil over the chilies and tomatoes.
17Place the baking sheet into the oven, preheated to 400 degrees, for about 20 minutes.
18While the meat bakes, pour pure sesame paste into a bowl to make homemade tahini.
19Add one Siamese twin garlic clove to the sesame paste.
20Add freshly squeezed lemon juice to the mixture.
21Add a little bit of salt and ice-cold water to the mixture.
22Whisk everything together until the homemade tahini is smooth and creamy.
23After 20 minutes, check the meat and remove any liquid from the baking sheet.
24Place the baking sheet back into the oven for another 10 minutes.
25After 10 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and remove the parchment paper from the meat rolls.
26Shred the cooked meat.
27Serve some of the kebab on flatbread.
28Add a few tomatoes and a couple of jalapeños on top of the kebab on the flatbread.
29Roll up the flatbread to make a wrap and cut it in half.
30Top the kebab wrap with some tahini.
31Enjoy the doner kebab.