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Fakeaway: Doner Kebab Recipe

By Ricky Willis | last updated 3rd December 2020 | This post may contain affiliate links

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After a boozy night, you sometimes can’t help falling into a kebab shop. Although we haven’t been out, and didn’t have any booze, we still decided to replicate a classic doner kebab recipe and, hopefully, a healthier option too. Plus, it’s really expensive for a kebab – but here you get a doner kebab recipe to feed a family of four for less than £5!

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Fakeaway 29 March 2014

Doner Kebab in Pita Bread with cous cous

Total cost: £4.37 for a family of 4

doner kebab recipe

Ingredients

doner kebab recipe ingredients

All ingredients used were either supermarket own brands or the lowest price.

We calculated the cost of each of the ingredients separately by looking at the item’s total value, then working out what the amount we would need. For example, mixed herbs are £1.39 for 100g, for a 5g teaspoon full it would be 7p (£1.39/100 x 5 = 0.0695).

doner kebab recipe ingredients

Pita Bread

1. Mix the yeast, sugar and salt with the water until it all dissolves. Cover with cling film and leave for 15 minutes.
2. After 15 minutes, add to the flour and mix in.
3. Knead on a slightly floured surface for about 5 minutes, then leave in a covered bowl for 1 hour.
4. Divide into 8 balls, flatten and roll out.
5. Bake them in a hot oven (220C) for about 3 minutes, when they will start to bubble.

Doner Kebab

We used frozen lamb mince. If you do, make sure it is defrosted first.

1. Put everything in a bowl and mix together well.
2. Add to a loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes at 220C, turning half way through.
3. Slice thinly.

Slice the pita bread and fill with doner meat and salad. Prepare the cous cous as per packet instructions then serve together while warm.

Enjoy!

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This tasted quite good. The doner kebab was not exactly the same as the real thing as there wasn’t as much grease but I was thankful for that. This must be a much healthier option and I know exactly what went it in.

The pita breads worked out amazingly and will definitely be making some more again soon for packed lunches.

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Comments

  1. Mama G says

    1st April 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Fair play, fakeaways are a bit of a hobby of mine, with mixed results, I’ve got the Indian curries down to a tee, Chinese is so-so but kebabs are an enigma. Probably because we don’t actually want to know what goes into them ;-) I had a crack at a chicken doner a few weeks ago and it was ok, really nice but still… not right. But considering the £30 a kebab takeaway costs my family of 6, it was good enough! I’ll keep trying until my dying day though :-) Will definitely give this a try :-)

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    • Skint Dad says

      1st April 2014 at 6:56 pm

      Hey Mama G, thanks for the comment. I also love fakeaways! Not sure if you’ve checked out the rest of my blog but I have loads more. You can find them here: skintdad.co.uk/tag/fakeaway. We always used to get the odd takeaway(once a week) and it was costing us a fortune! Since making them at home its saved us a wad of cash and we’ve had fun in the process. Last week we make chicken katsu and it was very tasty!

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      • Mama G says

        2nd April 2014 at 1:37 pm

        I hadn’t but I am doing now (it’s a bit embarrassing how I found you, I saw a traffic source was via a Google image and was curious, clicked it, and saw it was my kebab, so looked at the other images in the search and found you. Smacks a bit of celebrities Googling themselves, no? *Cringing*)
        The Katsu looks amazing, I’ve always wanted to try that, seen many recipes online for it, but haven’t got round to it. I’ve bookmarked your page for future reference :-) Really impressed, I’ve voted for you in the MADs. Nobody bothered nominating me this year. Pfffffffffffffft *flicks hair back* ;-) Good luck!

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        • TrevH says

          6th March 2015 at 8:17 am

          Stumbled across your site whilst trawling for a doner kebab recipe, so glad I did made the kebab last night and as mentioned by a previous caller it was not as greasy as some shop brought but packed with flavour. My Wife has as pepper allergy so she really enjoyed it best she’s had. Bring on the rest of your recipes. Brilliant.

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  2. Gemma Richards says

    12th July 2014 at 2:17 pm

    after i sliced the loaf i sizzled the slices under the grill. i think its the scorched fat (eeew) that gives a kebab the ‘real’ flavour. yum

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  3. Jennifer Roberts says

    25th July 2014 at 4:54 pm

    Made this last night and it was great! Lamb is more expensive here, which is a shame because I love it, but it is still less expensive than eating out. I need a bit more practice with my pita bread — mine didn’t bubble enough, so we couldn’t quite make pockets with it, but it was still nice to have homemade. Pita bread is one of those things I never would have thought to attempt myself, but it was easier than I thought, and super cheap!

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  4. Not Even A Bag of Sugar says

    10th March 2015 at 9:05 pm

    There are two cheats I used. The first is use kebab spice. You can buy it in the world foods section of the supermarket It saves money as you are not buying the individual spices. It’s sometimes called kofta spice. I used beef for mine which was fine, and not much different to using lamb due to the spices. The second trick is the slow cooker. I slice onions and put them at the bottom, make a log with my mince with the spices kneaded through and cook on low for 4 hours. Take it out then wrap in foil for about 10 minutes before cutting thinly.

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