On this blog I have already shown you two nice alternatives to the classic kebab from the fast food store around the corner, namely a delicious halloumi kebab here & here I showed you a recipe for a veggie “Dürüm” kebab.
In today’s post, I’ll show you another quick kebab variant, this time with ground meat & paprika. The meat paprika mixture is served in a flatbread together with salad and feta cheese. Have fun cooking at home!
Cooked/Baked today: Simple Beef Kebab with Paprika
Difficulty: Easy – Medium
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Category: Main Dishes, Recipes with Meat, Fast Food, Simple Recipes, Recipes with Ground Meat, Recipes with Paprika, Turkish Cuisine
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Simple Beef Kebab with Paprika
Ingredients for 4 servings:
- 1 large Turkish flatbread (store-bought or homemade)
- 500 grams ground meat (half beef & half pork)
- 100 grams feta cheese
- 2 – 3 bell peppers
- 1 large onion
- 2 – 3 cloves garlic
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- ½ small head Iceberg lettuce
- A teaspoon each of sumac, oregano & cumin
- A teaspoon each of spicy & sweet paprika powder
- Salt & pepper
- Oil for frying
- Parsley for garnish
Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:
- Large pan for frying
- Large grill pan or panini grill for flatbread
Instructions:
…for simple ground meat kebab with paprika:
Wash, core and cut the peppers into small pieces. Peel and roughly chop the onion. Also peel off the garlic & cut into thin slices. Cut the flatbread into 4 equal pieces & briefly toast them in a grill pan or panini grill. Cut the iceberg lettuce into strips. Crumble the feta cheese. Finely chop the parsley.
Preparations for Ground Meat Kebab with Peppers
Heat up a large pan with a good dash of oil, add peppers, onions & garlic to the pan & sauté for 3 – 4 minutes over medium heat & occasionally turning. When that’s done add the ground meat & fry until crumbly for another 4 – 5 minutes, turning occasionally.
Cooking Meat Paprika Mixture
Season the meat paprika mixture with a good pinch of salt & pepper, also add 1 teaspoon each of cumin, sumac, oregano & sweet as well as hot/spicy paprika powder, stir in the spices briefly & briefly allow to raost for a couple of seconds.
Next add a can of chopped tomatoes, stir everything well one last time & allow to simmer over low heat for another 2 – 3 minutes until serving.
Serving Ground Meat Kebab
For filling, halve the roasted flatbreads in the middle, but do not cut through completely, then fill with the meat pepper mixture & iceberg lettuce, and finally garnish with some crumbled feta or herder cheese & finely chopped parsley. Have fun cooking at home!
Video Tutorial:
Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):