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Homemade Oven-Baked 'Doner' Kebab with Fresh Salad and Light Garlic Dressing
Make your own healthy version of kebab at home. Juicy, thinly sliced seasoned meat, baked in the oven, served in whole-grain bread with plenty of fresh vegetables and no excess fat.
Prep time
15 min
Cook time
40 min
Total time
55 min
Servings
4
Recipe
For the meat (Doner loaf)
Beef, ground, 90% lean meat / 10% fat, raw
500 gOnions, yellow, raw
1 smallGarlic, raw
2 cloveSpices, caraway seed
1 tspSpices, coriander leaf, dried
1 tspSpices, oregano, dried
1 tspSpices, pepper, red or cayenne
1 tspSalt, table, iodized
0.5 tspFor the side and sauce
Bread, pita, white, enriched
4 pieceCabbage, red, raw
0.25 mediumTomato, roma
1 mediumCucumber, with peel, raw
0.5 largeYogurt, Greek, plain, whole milk
150 gGarlic, raw
1 cloveLemon juice, raw
0.5 piecePer servingTotal
Calories:296.7 kcal1186.6 kcal
Protein:30 g120 g
Carbohydrates:10 g39.8 g
Fiber:2.4 g9.7 g
Water:216.1 ml864.2 ml
Fat:15.1 g60.4 g
Micronutrients
Sugar:3.8 g15.2 g
Saturated fat:5.9 g23.6 g
Cholesterol:86.1 mg344.5 mg
Sodium:343 mg1372.1 mg
Potassium:745.8 mg2983.3 mg
Calcium:116.7 mg466.7 mg
Iron:4.4 mg17.4 mg
Magnesium:57.7 mg230.8 mg
Zinc:6.6 mg26.3 mg
Phosphorus:326.8 mg1307.3 mg
Vitamin C:19.4 mg77.5 mg
Vitamin A:46.4 µg185.5 µg
Vitamin D:0.1 µg0.5 µg
Vitamin B12:3.1 µg12.2 µg
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
2
In a large bowl, mix the ground meat, grated onion, garlic, and all the spices (cumin, coriander, oregano, paprika, salt, and pepper).
3
Knead the mixture with your hands for at least 5 minutes. This is key to making the meat compact and smooth, which will later allow for thin slicing without crumbling.
4
Shape the meat into a firm, elongated loaf (like a large sausage). Wrap the loaf tightly in aluminum foil like a candy wrapper.
5
Place the foil-wrapped loaf on a baking tray and bake for 30–35 minutes. After this time, unwrap the foil and bake the meat for another 5–10 minutes, until it lightly browns on the outside.
6
While the meat is baking, prepare the sauce: mix Greek yogurt, crushed garlic, and lemon juice. Slice the vegetables (cabbage, tomato, cucumber) into thin slices.
7
Remove the baked meat from the oven and let it rest for 5–10 minutes. This is essential for the juices to settle.
8
Using a very sharp knife, slice the meat as thinly as possible (as if slicing a real doner kebab).
9
Quickly warm the pita breads, fill them with the sliced meat, plenty of vegetables, and drizzle with the yogurt sauce.
Nutritional benefits
Replacing classic fatty sauces with Greek yogurt and using lean meat drastically reduces saturated fat intake, while spices like cumin support healthy digestion.
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