How to Smile & Make Adana Kebab

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How to Smile & Make Adana Kebab

I'm a worldtraveler - currently bicycling from Denmark to Turkey. I enjoy making food guides in different restaurants while traveling. Todays guide: Adana Kebab. www.t-spotter.blogspot.com

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen

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Juicy Adana Kebab in front of the central clock, Canakkale, Turkey.

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This portion serves 4 (see "supplies")

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Get your BBQ on high heat ;)

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Mix your fat from a lamb tail (if you can't find this, just make it without) with your grounded beef.

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Add some oil, baby. Dosen't matter you've got dirty nails...

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Salt, pretty important!

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Add it! Hey... Smile for a second... There you go!

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Chili, chili, chili! How much can you take??

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Chop your red pepper.

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Mix with chili, cumin and coriander (you can also use fresh coriander).

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Find you biggest fuckin' knife. Take a picture. Smile.

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Get someone to continue. It's getting greasy!

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Time to give it some massage. Tell your helper to wear plastic gloves - he will give you a smile in return.

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After a full body massage your meat should look like this.

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My teacher today is from Urfa, Turkey, and he use the greasy table to tell me that.

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Before the meat is impaled by long skewers it's time for a cultural lesson about Urfa city and it's highlights.

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Press the meat mixture onto skewers, so that your finger marks makes this characteristic Adana Kebab shape.

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Just like this (he really tries to smile...)

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If you have leftovers - wrap it, and save it for later - when you start to grill this meat your neighbors might come over...

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An epic moment, an epic smell, an epic meal is soon to be enjoyed.

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If it's getting too hot: go outside and grab a healthy(?) cold coke zero. Love it!

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Make your decision: with or without bread (hey, isn't he smiling now??)??

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I choose to roll my dear Adana kebab into a bread - remember to heat it first.

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OR: skip the carbonhydrates from the bread and make it without (don't eat the rice, haha).

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Grill some chilies if you like'em so - I prefer them cold and raw.

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Cut tomatoes, cucumber and raw spicy chillies.

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Find your crispy parsley. Add loads of it.

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Dice an onion.

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Add some sumac spice, baby!

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Place it all on your torilla pancake or a soft turkish ekmek. Have a look at it and a smile (again he tries his best to do so).

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Hug each other. Laugh. Smile. You are soon ready to enjoy an excellent, traditional and damn tasty Turkish meal.

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Disinfect your hands with lemon alcohol. Prepare yourself. It's meal time.

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Warning: sit down, you might pass out due to the large amounts of chillies and the amazing taste of Adana Kebab. Have some bites of your sweet little baby. Capture it and tell your friends!

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You made it! Enjoy a glass of Turkish chai. Smile.

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Finally: take a photo with the boss in front of his restaurant. This makes him both happy and proud. Promise to tell the whole world about his place. Eat one more Adana Kebab before you say goodbye...

You're Done

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Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen

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I'm a danish world explorer for four years now. I combine both culture, traveling and food into recipes by meeting up with chefs from all over the world!

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1 Pounds Ground beef

¼ Pounds Fat from lamb tail (mmmh)

1 Chopped sweet Red pepper

2 Onions

1 Tablespoon Oil

1 Tablespoon Chili powder (spicy)

½ Tablespoons Cumin

½ Tablespoons Coriander

4 Fresh chopped Chili Peppers

4 Tomatoes

1 Bunch Parsley

4 Tortilla breads (or eat kebab only)

1 Teaspoon Sumac

It s great that Someone from another country liked our tasty meals. But best adana kebap could eat in adana and some south cities of turkey. They use best quality Meat and spieces. Lahmacun , tantuni , pide , döner are also traditional food of Turkey

Murat Coban 6 months ago

It looks super yummy .. I'll try not to think of those nails when I try the recipe ;p

Sue Janeway 9 months ago

Brilliant work!! Now I'm very hungry!!

Lisa Bennett 10 months ago

Great guide man! And i like your sense of humor ;) but next time go to Adana for Adana kebab :P

Keyno Win 10 months ago

Thanks this is my family and I

Khadidja Keita 10 months ago

Btw. I love your profile picture @Khadidja

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

You are welcome

Khadidja Keita 10 months ago

Thanks for your help!!

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

Good luck and yes I am sure there is somewhere to find food

Khadidja Keita 10 months ago

@khadidjakeita: thanks for your info. It was a good reminder. I will maybe bring some food then? Haha. I cannot by any chance stop eating from sunrise to sunset. It's just not possible. No matter what - I will find food :) and share it with you. Thanks again. T

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

Do not forget that is Ramadan in Arabic countries like Jordan but Libanon is mixte so I am sure you ll find food there during the day but the other , you ll have to wait in the evening when the fast is over . Take care out there enjoy your trip

Khadidja Keita 10 months ago

@shine: thanks. Comments means a lot to me. I will for sure post some more guides later on. F-bombs or not? Haha. I'll stay safe. Talk later!

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

@Karen: a pretty tasty reason, hay?!

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

@janicebeard: f-bombs are just fun. I am a Dane - I may not understand how it effects a native English/American :) hope you had fun anyway. T

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

@Remara: sounds good! I will go to Libanon and Jordan next week - I hope to make some arabien food recipes over there ;)

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

This was a really fun/interesting/mouth watering guide... f bomb and all! LoL I look forward to your other traveling food adventure guides that you might want to share with us. Be safe out there :-)

Shine W 10 months ago

You've given me a great reason to visit Turkey! Fooooood!

Karen McKnight 10 months ago

Great ! I miss so much that meal :/

Sercan Duman 10 months ago

Did you really have to toss out the f bomb?

Janice Beard 10 months ago

I love turkish food Im arabian I dont think I could make this without help thanks for posting :))

Remita Scott 10 months ago

Thanks @ihsab, @brible and @stephanie!! You are awesome!

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

Love ur guides :) I'm from turkey btw and if there is any questions you might want to ask don't hesitate.

Ihsan Qibar 10 months ago

Fab guide!

Brible Offwanktax 10 months ago

Yum yum!

Stephanie MacIver 10 months ago

@Shayne: def. they did. And you know what? That's perhaps why the Turkish food taste much better here than in Denmark (where I'm from). Thanks for your comment. Keep up the good work - I'll follow U! Tobias

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

@Boter & Bloem: many thanks. I love your profile picture...

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

@Lisa: uh, tak for din kompliment. Det var sødt skrevet :) Jeg håber, du får ret. God sommer til dig.

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

@allicious: thanks, I'll give you more guides for sure. Guides from around the world!

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago

I think the guy's dirty nails probably added a little extra flavor!

Shayne 🎨 10 months ago

Great guides!

Boter & Bloem 10 months ago

Du bliver en legende herinde med de her guides :-) fortsæt den underholdende stil og fortsat god tur! :-)

Lisa Dyppel Hjørtoft Olesen 10 months ago

Great guide ! Keep going ;)

Allicious ! 10 months ago

Thanks for your comments guys! Keep them coming ;) sumak? Well we could only use body language - and from that I understood chili, if U R really sure I'll change it, and go ask the chef tomorrow before I leave Canakkale :) have a good night. Smiles, Tobias

Mr. Food-Traveler Pedersen (author) 10 months ago