If you're familiar with the Greek gyros at your favorite takeout place, then you've eaten a derivation of a doner kebab. (It's also spelled döner kebab or doner kabob.) Doner kebabs are just one type of kebab, of which there are hundreds worldwide. Originating in Turkey, they're traditionally made of lamb, although today it's common to find them with a mixture of lamb and beef, or even exclusively beef.
Whatever the type of meat, it's thinly sliced and pounded flat, and then stacked on a vertical spit to cook rotisserie style. (Doner comes from a Turkish word which means to turn or to rotate.) As the outer layers of the meat cook, it's shaved off and served in a pita or other flatbread with vegetables and sauce. The edges of the meat get deliciously charred and crispy, while the rest is glisteningly fatty and moist. Doner is the "mother," as it were, of Arabic shawarma, Mexican al pastor, and the popular Greek gyro. Doner kebabs are especially po
Whatever the type of meat, it's thinly sliced and pounded flat, and then stacked on a vertical spit to cook rotisserie style. (Doner comes from a Turkish word which means to turn or to rotate.) As the outer layers of the meat cook, it's shaved off and served in a pita or other flatbread with vegetables and sauce. The edges of the meat get deliciously charred and crispy, while the rest is glisteningly fatty and moist. Doner is the "mother," as it were, of Arabic shawarma, Mexican al pastor, and the popular Greek gyro. Doner kebabs are especially po
