Adana Kebab
This easy Adana Kebab recipe uses the viral sheet pan recipe for a clever shortcut to traditional cooking method. Pressing the perfectly spiced ground meat mixture directly into a baking sheet rather than using skewers. It delivers the same authentic, juicy flavors and lightly charred restaurant look in just 30 minutes, allowing you to satisfy your kebab cravings any day of the week.
Servings: 12 Skewers
Calories: 320kcal
Ingredients
- 3 lbs ground beef/lamb I used half lamb and half beef.
- 2 medium onion (360g) quartered
- 2 medium red bell peppers (260g) cut into chunks
- 1 cup parsley chopped
- 8 large garlic cloves
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons Aleppo pepper
- 2 teaspoons salt or to your liking
- 1 ½ ground cumin
- 1 ½ black Pepper
- 3 Tablespoons red pepper paste or tomato paste
- Olive oil
For the tomato salad:
- 3-4 roma tomatoes thinly sliced
- 1 red onion thinly sliced
- 1 cup parsley finely chopped
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 ½ - 2 Tablespoons sumac
- Salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F/ 210°C. Spray or brush a jelly roll pan with oil, or line with foil and brush the foil with oil, then set aside.
- Place a fine mesh strainer over a large bowl.
- In the bowl of your food processor, add onions, bell pepper, garlic and parsley. Pulse until everything is finely chopped.
- Transfer the mixture into the fine mesh strainer and press with the back of a spoon to squeeze most of the juices out. Do not discard that water, we will use it later.
- Place the squeezed mixture into a large bowl, add meat, spices and mix everything well.
- Spread the mixture evenly on the baking sheet, Using a sharp knife cut long vertical lines.
- Dip the handle of a wooden spoon, or spatula, into the juices that we squeezed earlier and make small indentation in each one to give it that restaurant look.
- Drizzle the top of the kebab with olive oil and bake in the middle of the oven for 12-15 minutes.
- Carefully take the sheet pan out and get rid of the accumulating liquid and separate the kebabs with a knife or spatula.
- Return to oven and broil for 3-4 minutes or until lightly charred.
- Serve with salad, tahini or yogurt garlic sauce as a wrap or rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 479mg | Potassium: 522mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1879IU | Vitamin C: 44mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 3mg
