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İskender Kebap

Name: İskender Kebap
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 300g Beef or Lamb (thinly sliced, doner-style); 2 Pide (or pita); 150ml Tomato Sauce; 150g Plain yogurt; 50g Butter; 1 Tomato; 2 Green Chili Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Sliced meat over pide with tomato sauce, browned butter, and yogurt — the famous kebab of Bursa.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

İskender kebap is a specialty said to have been created in the 19th century by İskender Efendi, a cook in Bursa in northwest Turkey. Thin slices of döner kebab roasted on a vertical spit are laid over pide bread soaked in juices, covered with tomato sauce, served with yogurt alongside, and finished with sizzling browned butter poured on top — the proper style. The sound and aroma of the butter make it Bursa's signature dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a specialist restaurant in Bursa, diners cheer as the waiter dramatically pours sizzling browned butter at the table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Beef or Lamb (thinly sliced, doner-style) 300g
Pide (or pita) 2
Tomato Sauce 150ml
Plain yogurt 150g
Butter 50g
Tomato 1
Green Chili Pepper 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Season the meat with spices and pan-fry until browned.
Cut the pide into bite-sized pieces and lay in the bottom of the plate.
Arrange the meat over the bread and pour over warm tomato sauce.
Add yogurt alongside and garnish with grilled tomato and green chili.
Heat butter in a frying pan until golden and pour it sizzling over everything.

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