Adana Kebabs--Turkish Lamb Kebabs

Judy Mayberry

These kebabs from Serious Eats were very easy. I had all the ingredients inhouse except the Turkish Urfa pepper flakes, which I'd ordered from Amazon, and the fresh ground lamb. USE LESS SALT THAN THE RECIPE CALLS FOR. 

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/08/adana-kebab-turkish-ground-lamb-kebab-recipe.html 

http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/08/the-food-lab-how-to-make-turkish-adana-kebabs.html 

The meat has to be kneaded till it's pasty. Used hands so I wouldn't have to wash the mixer. 

 

I formed kebabs on narrow flat skewers to fit on the Small Egg. 

 

The coals were glowing, about 400° plus, and I cooked till I guessed they were done. 

 

 

The red color isn't blood...it's the red sumac berries. 

 

The condiments to roll up in a piece of lavash. It needed a touch of Labne, like yogurt, to lighten it up. There are loads of ethnic markets here. I didn't have pickled peppers so I used roasted Hatch chile. 

 

 

It was a delicious meal: 

 

This morning I had a small kebab with scrambled eggs instead of bacon or sausage and it was perfect. Used some of that seasoning mix in the eggs.

anzyegg

Great looking kabobs ....

blind99

Wow I will definitely put this on the "to cook" list. They look great.

TTC

Fantastic. Well done

KenfromMI

Looks good. If you haven't made it Labne is really easy to make yourself as well.

KenfromMI

I wonder what the difference between Urfa pepper and Alleppo pepper is. I always have Alleppo in the spice rack at home.

Griffin

That's a pretty cool cook. I'd love to try that. WE have sopme alleppo peppers in the spice rack as well. Have no idea what to do with them.

KenfromMI

@Griffin, you can use them in place of crushed red pepper in any recipe. I sprinkle them on my pizza as well. They have a little smokiness and citrus flavor to them. Also a ton of Turkish recipes out there that you can use them up on if they are getting old. 

Judy Mayberry

@KenfromMI, @Griffin: See the recipe links for an explanation of the difference between Aleppo and Urfa pepper. All say Aleppo doesn't replace the Urfa. It is just different.

caliking

Home run, Judy! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Bookmarked.

Griffin

Kinda weird story. My brother just got back from a trip this weekend. He told me last night that he picked up some Urfa pepper for me. What are the odds? Never heard of it before yesterday and find out that my brother got me some. Crazy.