Beef doner, also known as beef doner kebab or shawarma, is a popular street food that originated in the Middle East but is now enjoyed worldwide. It typically involves thinly sliced marinated beef, stacked on a vertical rotisserie. The meat is cooked as it rotates, and it is commonly served in a flatbread or pita, often with vegetables and various sauces.

In this recipe, I will show you two different ways to cook this meat

  1. I will cook it, chill it, slice it and then sear it before serving
  2. The meat will be formed into logs, frozen and then sliced either with a sharp knife or a meat slicer

The meat itself is flavored with a bunch of spices, but feel free to substitute as required.

Beef Doner

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Meat
  • 2 lbs ground Beef or Lamb
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Arabic All Spice powder
  • 1 tbsp Aleppo Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tbsp Paprika
  • 1 tbsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp Oregano
  • 1 tbsp dried Parsley
  • 1 tbsp Sour Cream
  • 1 tbsp Red Pepper paste
  • 1/2 and Onion puree
Other
  • Pita Bread
  • Garlic Sauce
  • Red Pepper paste
  • Onions & Parsley
  • Sliced Tomatoes

Method
 

  1. Use ground Meat that has at least 20% fat
  2. Add the Salt & Pepper, Spices, Sour Cream, Red Pepper & the Onion puree that I will strain over the meat
  3. Mix this well together
  4. Add this in batches in a food processor and grind briefly to a paste
  5. It’s important to have this consistency so it doesn’t fall apart when you slice it
  6. Now for the first method – divide the mixture-and bake at 350 for 60 mins
  7. Cool, reserve the oil released for later
  8. Chill this and then slice
  9. The other method is to create logs of the raw Meat
  10. Wrap up each log in cling film and freeze it 4 hrs to overnight
  11. To slice, simply use a sharp knife and slice as thinly as possibly or use a Meat slicer
  12. With the raw meat, start to cook it immediately while it is still frozen so it holds its shape.
  13. The last step is to caramelize the pieces of meat whether they are cooked or uncooked using the reserved fat
  14. Before assembling, I like to heat the bread over the same surface to sop up all the juices.
  15. Roll this up or serve it deconstructed with all the fictions, garlic and pepper sauce, Parsley & Onions, Fries and sliced Tomatoes