Beef Shawarma Sandwich
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Thinly slice the chosen beef cut.
- 2Place a grater into a bowl and grate an onion.
- 3Press out all the onion juice through a strainer into the bowl, saving the onion for later.
- 4Pour the onion juice over the sliced meat.
- 5Squeeze a little lemon juice into the meat mixture.
- 6Add a generous heap of yogurt to the meat.
- 7Add cardamom, clove, coriander seed, ginger, allspice, Aleppo pepper, chili powder, and salt to taste.
- 8Massage all the ingredients into the meat.
- 9Spread beef tallow on a pre-heated sheet tray.
- 10Equally spread out all the marinated meat on the sheet tray.
- 11Place the tray into the oven on a high broil setting.
- 12Take out the cooked meat from the oven.
- 13Place a pita on a cutting board.
- 14Add a generous amount of juicy meat to the pita.
- 15Add a couple of tomato slices.
- 16Add sumac onions and parsley.
- 17Drizzle lots of tahini sauce.
- 18Add pomegranate molasses.
- 19Add Shatta (hot sauce) if you like it spicy.
- 20Roll the pita into a wrap.
- 21Dip the shawarma into the pan drippings from the cooked meat.
- 22Quickly toast the shawarma in a pan.
Ingredients
- fillet sirloin or flank steak
- onion
- lemon juice
- yogurt
- cardamom
- clove
- coriander seed
- ginger
- allspice
- Aleppo pepper
- chili powder
- salt
- beef tallow
- pita
- tomato
- sumac onions
- parsley
- tahini sauce
- pomegranate molasses
- Shatta (hot sauce)
Equipment
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Tips
- Don't over-marinate the meat; it should be coated, not drenched.
- The sheet tray should be heated on high broil.
- It is highly recommended to use beef tallow for cooking the meat.
- Dip the shawarma in pan drippings and quickly toast it for best results.
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