Authentic home cooking from Egypt, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Egypt as كباب تركى

Turkish Kebab

Name: Turkish Kebab
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: Serves 5 servings
Ingredients: 1.1 lbs ground beef or lamb (about 500 grams); 5 oz grated lamb fat or tail fat (about 150 grams); 1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 onion, grated and juice squeezed out; 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley (leaves only) (about 15 grams); 1/2 teaspoon turmeric; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; For shaping:; onion juice; 1 teaspoon sumac; 1 teaspoon tomato paste; For the salad:; 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon sumac; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Safy Safy @sofy2020

مصر_الاسكندرية

A wonderful, unique way to serve and enjoy kebab.

Safy Safy @sofy2020

مصر_الاسكندرية

A wonderful, unique way to serve and enjoy kebab.

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Ingredients

40 minutes

Serves 5 servings

1.1 lbsground beef or lamb (about 500 grams)
5 ozgrated lamb fat or tail fat (about 150 grams)
1/2green bell pepper, finely chopped
1 tablespooncornstarch
1onion, grated and juice squeezed out
1/2 cupchopped fresh parsley (leaves only) (about 15 grams)
1/2 teaspoonturmeric
1 teaspoonpaprika
1 teaspoonsalt
1/2 teaspoonblack pepper
For shaping:
onion juice
1 teaspoonsumac
1 teaspoontomato paste
For the salad:
1 bunchfresh parsley, chopped
1onion, thinly sliced
1 tablespoonsumac
3 tablespoonsolive oil
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1/4 teaspoonblack pepper

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Mix all the kebab ingredients together and knead by hand. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2

Mix the shaping ingredients together.
3

Wet your hands with the shaping mixture and form the kebab mixture onto a wide metal skewer or onto 3 soaked wooden skewers.
4

Grill on a hot grill pan or bake on a nonstick baking sheet.
5

Mix the salad ingredients together.
6

Warm flatbread over the kebabs to absorb their flavor, and serve with pickled turnips. Enjoy!

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Published in the US on August 10, 2025 14:01

مصر_الاسكندرية

توفت امى بالحج وانا صغيرة وكل اخوتى صبيان فتعلمت فيهم الطبخ واخترعت وعدلت حتى اتقنته واحببته واصبح من هواياتى عمل كل ماهو جديد وغير تقليدى فهو يخرج الطاقة السلبية