Mains
ChefAmal Khidr
Sheet-Pan Beef Shawarma
Delicious, detailed sheet-pan beef shawarma recipe — from the shawarma marinade to the tarator and the accompanying salad. Enjoy!
Sheet-pan beef shawarma — a perfectly made, irresistibly delicious recipe
Ingredients
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- Shawarma
- 1 kg veal (steak), sliced into thin, long strips
- 2 onions
- 2 tomatoes
- 1/2 tbsp salt
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tbsp paprika
- 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tbsp sweet baharat (warm spice blend)
- 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tbsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 cup grape or apple vinegar
- Accompanying salad
- 4 pickled cucumbers (gherkins)
- 1 tomato
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 bunch parsley
- Mint leaves
- 1 red onion
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- a pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp sumac
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Tarator (tahini) sauce
- 1 cup tahini
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 cup cold water
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Method
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- In a bowl.. mix the yogurt with the spices, salt, vinegar and oil well... to prepare the shawarma marinade and add the sliced or whole piece of meat to the mixture
- Cut each onion and tomato into 4 parts and add them on top of the mixture... mix well and cover the bowl...
- Put the mixture in the refrigerator for a full night or at least 2 hours...Timers: 120 min
- Pour the meat mixture into a covered oven tray and bake it for half an hour at medium heat...
- Prepare the accompanying salad.. cut all the vegetables — onion, pepper, tomato and pickles — into long thin strips and roughly chop the parsley and mint...
- Season the vegetables with salt, lemon, oil and sumac... and mix
- For the tarator sauce.. whisk the tahini with lemon, garlic and salt using a fork... then add cold water and stir well to obtain a smooth-textured sauce...
- Place the tarator sauce in the refrigerator until serving...
- Serve the sheet-pan beef shawarma alongside saj flatbread, tarator, the accompanying parsley salad and fried potatoes...
Recipe tags
MainsLevantNut freeEgg freeBakedFriedLamb
Notes and serving ideas
- Easiest steak with potatoes
