Home-made doner kebab
The kebab is a way of cooking meat that originated in the Middle East (the word means grill or grilled meat in different languages). The doner kebab is made up of slices of meat skewered and grilled vertically. The Turkish version is traditionally served with a yogurt and herb sauce in bread and/or with chips; the Greek version is served with salad in pitta bread. Here's how to make one yourself if your oven has both a grill and a rotisserie.
Last modified on: May 20th 2015
Keywords for this recipe:KebabMeatGrilledVerticallyMiddle eastFor 6 people, you will need:
- 1
5 tablespoons olive oil - 2
2 bayleaves - 3
2 cloves garlic - 4
1 tablespoon spices for couscous - 5
800 g beef - 6
300 g Greek yoghurt - 7
parsley - 8
fresh coriander (cilantro) - 9
1 tablespoon lemon juice - 10 1 garlic clove
- 11
salt - 12
pepper - Total weight: 1,237 grams
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 min. | 2 hours | 16 min. | 2 hours 32 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Prepare a marinade by mixing 5 tablespoons olive oil, 2 bayleaves, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tablespoon spices for couscous*, salt and pepper.
(* see below)
(* see below)
Stage 2 - 2 hours
Cut 800 g beef into small, fairly thin (about ½ cm or ¼ inch slices).
Put the sliced meat in the marinade, stir to mix well, cover with plastic film and leave in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
Put the sliced meat in the marinade, stir to mix well, cover with plastic film and leave in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
After this, skewer the meat onto the rotisserie skewer from your oven, laying the slices flat against each other.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Fit the rotisserie back in the oven and cook under the grill on medium heat.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Meanwhile, prepare the yoghurt sauce by mixing 300 g Greek yoghurt, parsley, fresh coriander (cilantro) , 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 garlic clove, salt and pepper.
Stage 6 - 15 min.
Check that the meat is well cooked on the outside.
Stage 7 - 1 min.
Take the skewer out of the oven and slice the meat off downwards, turning the skewer as you cut. The meat will fall onto the worktop.
If you have used large pieces of meat, you will find the meat is not cooked well enough as you cut towards the middle: coat what is left on the skewer with marinade using a brush and put it back in the oven until the outside is well done again, and so on in stages. This is the principle of the doner kebab.
If you have used large pieces of meat, you will find the meat is not cooked well enough as you cut towards the middle: coat what is left on the skewer with marinade using a brush and put it back in the oven until the outside is well done again, and so on in stages. This is the principle of the doner kebab.
Stage 8
Remarks
Use whatever meat you prefer. Traditionally, lamb is the most usual (I used beef in the photos), and you can even mix different kinds of meat.
If you can't find a ready-made mix of couscous spices, you can make your own from: cumin, coriander (ground), cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom and turmeric. Paprika, cloves and caraway are also sometimes used.
If you can't find a ready-made mix of couscous spices, you can make your own from: cumin, coriander (ground), cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom and turmeric. Paprika, cloves and caraway are also sometimes used.
Keeping
Once cooked, a few minutes.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,021 Kcal or 12,648 Kj | 147 gr | 21 gr | 261 gr |
| 151 % | 57 % | 2 % | 40 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 244 Kcal or 1,022 Kj | 12 gr | 2 gr | 21 gr |
| 12 % | 5 % | <1 % | 3 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 503 Kcal or 2,106 Kj | 25 gr | 4 gr | 43 gr |
| 25 % | 9 % | <1 % | 7 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Beef : You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Beef braised in reduced red wine, Taos hotpot, Carbonnade, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, How to slow cook meat, ... All |
 | Greek yoghurt: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tzatziki, Spinach fritters, Norwegian tartines, Spinach and cashew brik rolls, Light herb sauce, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Shallot confit tart, Thin endive tart, Spaghetti Bolognese, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, ... All |
 | Garlic clove: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ratatouille, Cured Pork Belly With Lentils, Cervelle de Canut, Sarladaise potatoes, How to slow cook meat, ... All |
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