{"id":1051,"slug":"doner-kebab","title":"Döner Kebab","description":"Döner kebab (döner kebap in Turkish) literally means \"rotating grilled meat\" (any type of meat applies). They were first developed in Bursa. Authentic Turkish döner is made with bread, salad and meat from lamb; regardless, mostly beef or a mix of beef and lamb is used in Europe. Although frozen kebab is available at convenience stores, they don't match fresh home-made kebab and may not be consistent with your taste and spicing. This article has the recipe for a complete European-style pita kebab. In Azerbaijani it is pronounced as dönər.","ingredients_raw":["2 kg (4½ lb) ground beef or other minced meat","11–12 tsp chicken salt/season salt","6 tsp black pepper (amount depends on taste preference)","2–3 dl (⅘–1¼ cups) plain yogurt","1–3 cloves garlic, chopped","1 pinch salt","1 tsp basil","1–1½ tsp black and/or white pepper","Green-, lemon-, or red pepper (optional)","Chile pepper or powder (optional)","Cayenne pepper (optional)","Tabasco sauce (optional)","1 can (70 g / 2½ oz) tomato purée","½–1 tsp salt","½–1½ tsp white pepper","½–1½ tsp black pepper","1 pinch oregano","Ketchup (amount depends on preference)","Pita bread","Salad (see notes)","Rice","Chips/French fries"],"ingredients_norm":["ground beef or other minced meat","chicken salt/season salt","black pepper","plain yogurt","garlic","salt","basil","black and/or white pepper","green lemon or red pepper","chili pepper or powder","cayenne pepper","tabasco sauce","tomato puree","white pepper","oregano","ketchup","pita bread","salad","rice","chips/french fry"],"steps":["Mix all the ingredients into a farce-like chunk.","Use a mixer or your hands to get air out of the chunk.","Optionally, make a hole in the chunk with a knife so that excess fat can drain out.","Wrap it tightly in aluminium foil, using more than 2 layers of foil to prevent rupture.","Put it into the oven and set the temperature to 100 °C (210 °F). Let it cook for 4 hours. Note that 4 hours applies even if you scale down the recipe. Let's say, if you want a 1 kg chunk (half of the original portion), you should not leave it for 2 hours; 4 hours apply for every size. The idea is that it gets cooked slowly.","When it is done, remove it from the oven, open the foil, and let it cool down. If you did everything correctly, you should be able to use a shredder or a knife to cut it in thin slices.","Combine all the ingredients for the sauce(s) you are making.","Mix well."],"categories":["Meat recipes","Recipes using ground beef","European recipes","Recipes using lamb","Recipes using meat","Middle Eastern recipes","Turkish recipes","Recipes using basil","Recipes using chile","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using bread","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using ketchup"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":300,"servings":"Varies","yield_text":"4 lbs meat","difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Döner_Kebab","source_ref":"4534304","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Döner_Kebab&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"86c1537e9de1d16875e8b3e88510290e9e35bb20b4c58b4c49ad7d6a4bd0fe1a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/doner-kebab"}