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Iraqi Kebab

Name: Iraqi Kebab
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: 600g Ground mutton; 2 Onion; 1 bunch Parsley; 1 tsp Black Pepper; 1 tsp Salt; 4 Tomato; 1 tsp Paprika; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 4 Pita Bread

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ground lamb wrapped on skewers and grilled over charcoal, served with grilled tomatoes and sumac onions.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Iraqi kebab mixes ground lamb with onion and spices, wraps it around flat skewers, and grills it over charcoal. The classic way is to serve it with grilled tomatoes, raw onions dressed with sumac, and parsley, tucked into samoon flatbread. Kebab shops on Baghdad street corners stay busy late into the night.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Baghdad street corner at night, people gather outside a kebab shop wreathed in charcoal smoke as hot skewers are tucked into bread and handed over.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground mutton 600g
Onion 2
Parsley 1 bunch
Black Pepper 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Tomato 4
Paprika 1 tsp
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Pita Bread 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Grate 1 onion, squeeze out the liquid, and knead with the ground lamb, half the chopped parsley, salt, and pepper.
Chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
Wrap the meat in long shapes around flat skewers.
Grill over charcoal or under a grill for 10 minutes, turning. Grill the tomatoes whole too.
Slice the remaining onion and toss with the paprika, lemon juice, and parsley.
Tuck the kebabs and grilled tomatoes into pita and serve with the onions.

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