DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Adana Kebab
Also known as: Adana kebabı
Adana-style chopped sheep-meat skewers with tail fat and red pepper.
About Adana Kebab
Adana kebabı is a chopped-meat skewer associated with Adana in southern Türkiye. The ministry’s traditional preparation combines male sheep meat, tail fat, salt and red pepper.
The sheep fat gives the meat richness, while powdered and finely chopped red peppers provide its characteristic warmth. Charcoal cooking adds a roasted flavour to the seasoned meat.
The kebab forms a long, flat strip around a wide skewer. The source presents it with bread that catches the juices, grilled vegetables and sumac-seasoned onion alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Adana Kebab
Turkish Culture Portal’s Adana sheep-meat kebab.
- Male sheep meatProteinIngredient page not linked
- Sheep tail fatProtein
- SaltSeasoning
- Red pepper powderSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Red pepperSeasoning
- Pide breadAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- TomatoAccompaniment · Serving · Optional
- Small ornamental pepperAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Green pepperAccompaniment · Serving · Optional
- Sumac-seasoned onionAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Mixed greensAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Şalgam juiceAccompaniment · Serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Male sheep meat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Animal age/cut not specified; not silently forced to lamb
- Sheep tail fat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact sheep-tail-fat catalogue record unresolved
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red pepper powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Specific powder type/heat not fixed by source
- Red pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source kırmızı kök biber form retained; precise pepper variety unresolved
- Pide bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Exact bread formula unresolved
- Tomato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Small ornamental pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source serving pepper variety unresolved
- Green pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sumac-seasoned onion (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named serving preparation; exact formula not expanded
- Mixed greens (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Greens unspecified
- Şalgam juice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named beverage; complete fermented-drink formula unresolved
Origins & food traditions
The ministry describes the kebab as an Adana speciality and documents its established traditional preparation.
Countries
- Türkiye
- TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Adana cuisine
- Southeastern Anatolian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.