Best Beef Shawarma Recipe!

Shawarma is a Middle Eastern dish of garlicky meat or poultry served on pitas. Yo can use any type of meat: beef, chicken or lamb.
This meat is usually cooked on a vertical grill and then shaved off and used to make sandwiches.
Today, I want to share with you my recipe.
You will need spices:
2 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Cardamom powder
½ tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Chili flakes
½ tsp Cloves(ground)
2 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Allspice(ground)
½ tsp Turmeric
½ tsp Ginger powder
1 tsp Coriander Seeds(ground)
2 tsp Onion powder
2 tsp Garlic Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp White Pepper.
For Marinade you will also need:
Zest from 1 Lemon
Juice from 1 Lemon
300 ml Club Soda or any unflavored carbonated water.
Notice, I did not use any salt, except Garlic salt, but you can use 1 tbs of salt in your spice mix.
For meat selection: I used Beef Sirloin Flap, but you can use skirt steak or flank steak.
Marinade the meat and leave it in the fridge for at least 5 hours(better overnight)
Using upright chicken baker pile the meat on top of the spit.
Romertopf Chicko: www.amazon.com...
Bake at 450°F(230°C) for 30 min at first, then shave off first layer of the meat and bake again for 15 minutes between each layer.
Put all shaved off meat in a container until ready to assemble Shawarma.
For Toum(Thomia)-Garlic Sauce you will need:
6 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp icy water(if needed to thin out sauce)
You can use any vegetables you like in assembling your Shawarma: lettuce, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers. You can use pickles, but common pickled vegetable is turnip :www.amazon.com...
For bread selection use: whole wheat or white pita.
If you making this dish gluten-free, you can use leaves of lettuce.
Enjoy!
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Nastassja:)

[@krali1049]

I have asked several chef restaurants in my country how to make the garlic sauce "thomyah", none of them told me about the recipe but now I learned it from you. It is very simple and easy. Thank you for your video

[@NastassjaCanCook]

You are very welcome. Are you from Egypt? 🤔😊Yes with garlic sauce Shawarma tastes so much better. 😋

[@krali1049]

@@NastassjaCanCook I am from Saudi Arabia

[@aviwaomar439]

Thanks mummy you look like a teacher to me on how you demonstrated your lesson 🙊🙊🙏🙏🙏 God bless you 🙏

[@maryamchai]

Wow this lady knows what she is doing! This is home authentic!

[@MaZEEZaM]

Thanks for the recipe, btw, when you squeeze the juice out of the lemons, you actually have it up the wrong way, the inside of the lemon should be facing down towards the holes, the press thing presses the lemon inside out as it squeezes the juice out.

[@NastassjaCanCook]

I know.😁😂🤣Of course, it makes more sense. It takes a while to learn your gadgets 😉

[@crabtrap]

QUICK HACK: just buy swarma spice at mid-east grocer. if you don't have a grill, use cast iron skillet preheated to highest heat. sear the beef cut on both sides. cool, and thin slice. THEN, you marinate in a bowl with swarma spice,olive oil(olive oil will tenderize too). the meat may be a bit rare as it sits in fridge but can be heated again in skillet for use.(like stirfry)

[@ytreece]

I agree, you get the nice sear with dry meat, then the flavors of the spices. Marinades don’t really penetrate meat very far.

[@t.g.5797]

Pretty hands. Like red 💅 What a woman. Blessiing Beautifully

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you 😊

[@SweetandMellow999]

love your sense of humor. lol. I'm gonna try this recipe. thanks for the recipe!

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you so much😍😘❤

[@alamoproductions6618]

Awesome video. Looks delicious and you explained it so well. Definitely trying this

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you so much 😊

[@nataliyachereshanskaya4407]

All are your recipe AWESOME!!! THANK YOU.

[@thewindcane2248]

To be honest i love shawarma i almost eat evry week here in our city

[@sekou5719]

That looks amazing😋

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you 😊

[@MRHashesha]

Amazing!!!

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

AMAZING THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME,

[@josegomes2808]

Thank you Madam, Very good clear Instructions for making the Shawarma, I am sure its delicious. I cannot wait to make it myself.

[@NastassjaCanCook]

You are very welcome. 😊

[@karimnasser1970]

Very nice, I used your recipe with tour soda for marination and it does wonders.only thing we use Tahini sauce I stead of garlic, as garlic sauce is for chicken shawarma

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Yes, soda is a good tenderizer for meat. Thank you 😊

[@osrsbeatrs3249]

For how many pounds / kilograms of meat are the portions of spices and seasoning?

[@NastassjaCanCook]

That piece of meat that I used in the video was about 3 pounds.😊👍

[@luluromano]

How many lbs of the beef sirloin flab did you use with this recipe and do you have to first cut the meat in thin layers prior to marinate?

[@veronicatorres4854]

Try squeezing the lemon cut side down to work better.

[@Xplorethaidaynight]

Nice 👍

[@josephantony2834]

Excellent Nastassja. Your family members are very lucky to be treated all the time with your culinary creations.😘❤️👍.I wonder what's your next video on? Take care and thanks.

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you so much😍 Yes, they are pretty spoiled. 😁In my next video, I guess I'll bake something🤔, or tea video( haven't done that one for a while). What do you think?🙂

[@josephantony2834]

@@NastassjaCanCook by tea. Do you mean something to eat during tea time,or the tea itself.😊

[@NastassjaCanCook]

@@josephantony2834 Tea ceremony. 😊

[@megoalex8497]

@@NastassjaCanCook I think it's a good idea

[@faizchowdhury2768]

From where did you buy the showerma making stand? Pls. let me know. Thanks.

[@annasayabalian1293]

You’re a genius ❤️❤️❤️ a must try, thank you!

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you so much dear Anna.😍❤It was sooo delicious, omg,omg. Making chicken one on Friday. 🤗👍

[@brittanypapish2919]

Do you recommend a cheaper metal option for roasting the meat? Also, how do you recommend reheating if you make it in advance, especially so the meat doesn't dry out?

[@skyloveup]

Club soda is your friend 🙃

[@MaZEEZaM]

Very nice and very healthy :D

[@Sydneyadventuretours]

I know what I’m making for supper tomorrow

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Great!😋👍Enjoy! And thank you for watching 😊❤

[@diamondkiya_riele357]

Nice vid it really helped me

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you🤗

[@megoalex8497]

I'm back home now and I just ate that sandwich. The way how u did it is very interesting. Honestly I never tried to make it at home . Wondering how it will come out. But I'm sure it will come out wonderful at always as all of your videos. I see you so good specially when it comes to foods with spices. But overall I always waiting un patiently for next video. I think tea video would be very interesting😍🤗❤

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Thank you so much for you comment, as always. 😍 Yes, I like flavorful food! Spices are very powerful thing when used correctly. 😍👍❤

[@megoalex8497]

@@NastassjaCanCook that's true , as you know I'm originally from Egypt and as I mentioned I'm there now if you need anything any ideas I can help 😚😍🤗

[@Schenkmx]

Like watching a commercial

[@jonrend]

Will give this a try as I want my Shawarma to be more authentic without buying the upright turning spit. It may give me the edge in our small business for Shawarma as most people here are using mince meat fried in a pan. Would this technique also work for chicken shawarma?

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Yes, absolutely. The turning spit is very expensive, plus you will need very good ventilation. This method can be done in the oven in smaller batches, so you can keep you shawarma meet freshly made all the time 😋

[@jonrend]

@@NastassjaCanCook love it. Thanks so much.

[@NastassjaCanCook]

@@jonrend You are welcome. 😊

[@cbvill5295]

whats the best substitute for club soda? Does Ginger Ale Soda would work too? Thank you

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Nothing sugary. Club soda or mineral water.

[@cbvill5295]

NastassjaCanCook I have a Carbonated Spring Water here ..would this work?

[@roshnaanjum1263]

Fr what purpose soda is added to the beef?? I mean the benefit of adding soda to beef

[@NastassjaCanCook]

It tenderizes the meat.

[@icitrom]

Seltzer is just water and carbon-dioxide (CO2). Club Soda contains a little salt and a little soda bicarbonate (baking soda). It's the baking soda that does the meat tenderizing. I'm guessing the water is just a vehicle to carry the soda bicarbonate around all the meat. I'd think that adding a little soda bicarbonate to the spice mixture would have the same effect.

[@Christifidelis1]

Where can you buy the special dish to cook the beef in the oven?

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Please check in an "info box " below the video. The link to this dish buying option is there.🌹😊

[@yeseniae.5571]

Looks delicious! I'm a little confused though. So after the first 30 minutes, you shave some meat and put in a container. That meat is already cooked? or do you bake that meat too? Clarification please :)

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Hello Yesenia. Yes, the first layer would be cooked and ready to eat. The reason I put it in a container, because I wanted to cook the entire batch first and then make sandwiches later.😊

[@thestylefrreak]

What is this plastic white plate called where you piled up the meat before grilling?

[@NastassjaCanCook]

This ceramic plate called " vertical chicken roaster".

[@Christifidelis1]

Where can you buy it?

[@mando5888]

Can i use grind meet of beef here? Thanks

[@NastassjaCanCook]

I think you can, just cook it in the pan, add spices and use it in your sandwich. 😊

[@mando5888]

@@NastassjaCanCook thank you.

[@nevartmesropian9140]

What kind of meat?

[@NastassjaCanCook]

I believe, this cut is flank steak.

[@cbvill5295]

How many pounds of meat did you for the recipe? Thanks

[@NastassjaCanCook]

It was close to 4 pounds.

[@cbvill5295]

NastassjaCanCook Can I just stir fry the meat instead of using the oven?

[@NastassjaCanCook]

@@cbvill5295 You can, but make sure that meat will get some browning.

[@cbvill5295]

NastassjaCanCook Thank you!

[@jamalm771]

The garlic sauce doesn’t work well with the method you showed using fast blending and it stays runny even though we used the exact steps and measurements

[@ahm.ashraf2871]

Please stop calling it Shwarma. It’s Shawarma. Sha Sha. Not Sh Sh.

[@GoRO2K10]

I'm not very please as hygiene of Neil polish

[@KamalKamal-xu1fb]

Toumia is not used in Beef Shawarma use Tahini Sauce instead Lemon is not squeezed upside down

[@trafficsignal101]

Not a Shawarma

[@LELOOSHIAN]

All is fine and great recipes and all and the way you explain the processes etc. However, I’m surprised and shocked to see how you’re using the lemon juicer. Never ever seen this way of juicing lemons. I would say you have it all wrong! That is, hasn’t anybody told you or thought you how to use that juicer? Just can’t get over it.

[@NastassjaCanCook]

Yes, someone already did. I think, when I just posted this video. Don't worry, I use it the right way now.😁