Home made Doner kebab meat, can we compare recipes?

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I did home made Doners this evening and OMG it tasted just like the real thing so I thought that I’d share the recipe.

It was broadly based on a recipe but I tweaked for my taste.

500g of 10% fat lamb mince
1tsp oregano
1tsp mixed herbs
1/2 tsp onion powder (not onion salt)
1 tsp garlic powder (again not salt)
2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
A bit of salt!

Mix all of the above together until the mix is completely smooth (like a pate) and the shape into an oblong (you’ll need to slice it later)

Line a loaf tin with foil and put the mix into the tin then in the oven at 160fan for 90 mins. Turn over halfway through cooking. Once done rest for 20 mins in the foil.

I served with mixed crunchy salad, sliced tomatoes and red onions some tzatziki and a shed load of mayo and chilli sauce!

I used my potato peeler to get really thin slices.

The meat tasted just like a proper greasy kebab van but I won’t lie, it was very very dry and definitely needed the salad, mayo, chilli sauce combo to wet it a bit.

Next time I’m going to try 5% beef (slimming world friendly) and two lamb stock cubes.

Do you have any similar recipes for this much maligned food stuff?!

Oh my days. I will be trying this on lockdown. Sounds amazing.

My version has breadcrumbs, an onion, fresh garlic, cumin, coriander, oregano, cayenne and salt and pepper. I just chuck it in my magimix. It is so good. Maybe the onion makes it juicier?

I cook mine for about an hour 10. Sometimes I just make it into little sausage shapes which obviously cook much more quickly.

Oh I don't put it in a loaf tin either; just shape it into a loaf on a normal roasting tin.

Sounds a fantastic recipe, who doesn't love a doner kebab.
I reckon it may be the fat levels in the mince which are causing it to be a little dry, when I make Persian kebab koobideh I use Waitrose 20% fat lamb mince, along with a finely grated large onion (complete with the juice), then put it in the food processor until it comes to gether in a ball. This makes it easier to mould them onto the skewer and they stay nice and moist after I grill them.

Sounds yum OP but can't help but feel the WW 5% fat version will be even drier

OP, that is a really similar recipe to the one I use. And I agree, mine is often dry. I "low carb" so won't change my recipe. But maybe try adding breadcrumbs or rusk? It's used to hold the fat into sausages, burgers etc so that they don't dry out...

There are some fab cookbooks called “ The Takeaway Secret” which recreate loads of fast food recipe - they were recommended by a MNer to who had a food blog (Jens Food). They are really good. I got mine off Amazon.

Jen if you’re reading this please start up your blog again, it’s was brilliant 😀

Cumin for more doner-ness

I did this last night and it was yummy :)

Mince (i used 20% fat because that's all that was left in the shop, but it was very oily when it came out the oven)
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chilli flakes/powder

Mixed it all together until smooth (I used a spoon coz I didn't want to wash the food processor out 😂)
Put onto greaseproof paper on a baking tray and roll out until it fills all corners and is as flat as possible!
Bake at 180c for 7-10 mins

I made flatbreads with it too

I use this recipe and it’s amazing.

www.theorganisedmum.blog/2017/04/16/slow-cooker-fakeaway-doner-kebab/