One Pan Beef Kebab Platter with Za’atar Oil

My love and obsession with both Greek and Middle Eastern flavors and cuisines show in this meal. Having lived for eight years in the Middle East (Dubai), both my husband and I want to experience those amazing flavors in our Dallas home regularly.

So now and then, we put together a meal like this one. This one-pan beef kebab platter will probably become one of our favorite home-cooked meals.

First shopping, then meal planning

Does this sound weird? The idea of this meal started with me seeing and buying grass-fed beef kebab meat from Burgundy’s Local, the Dallas store where I buy most of my meat.

I get this question a lot, how do you plan your meals? Well, I usually plan my meals around available ingredients and produce. I check what’s available in my local stores or markets, I buy what inspires me and looks good, and then think of what I can create with those ingredients. I find this way much easier, partly because I shop in small stores and I don’t want to get disappointed when I don’t find something.

For example, my local Whole Foods was out of organic celery for one week, for some reason, and it happened to be the week I really wanted some celery. Well, bad luck, I had to think of something else.

Ingredients for the kebab platter

But let’s get to this beef kebab platter recipe already. You will need grass-fed, grass-finished kebab meat, usually, top sirloin, cut in bite-size cubes (or a little bigger).

You must marinate the meat for a few hours (the longer the better), so plan this meal in advance. I suggest starting marinating in the morning if you are making this for dinner.

You also need to make the Za’atar oil and marinated onions in advance; you can make them the same morning or a few hours before to give the flavors some time to infuse with the oil. All these three steps are super easy; it won’t take you longer than 15 minutes.

I do my marinades in a Stasher bag. They are just the best, no exposure to plastic, no plastic waste, and they last a lifetime (if you take good care of them and don’t lose them).

The kebab marinade

You need extra virgin olive oil, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, Ras el Hanout spice mix, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, salt, pepper, and one kiwi fruit. The kiwi trick I learned from a friend in Dubai. Apparently, it is used in Middle Eastern cuisine to tenderize the meat (at least my friend used it, and she is an amazing cook).

Marinated onions

I use a recipe by Teri from NoCrumbsLeft; you find it HERE. You need a red onion, good-quality olive oil, red wine vinegar, and dry oregano. I don’t like to expose the extra virgin olive oil to light and air for so long, because it is very sensitive to oxidation, so I make mine in a jar I can cover and keep it at room temperature in my pantry (in a dark place, not close to a heat source).

Za’atar Oil

You need good quality extra virgin olive oil and the following spices: cumin powder, dry thyme, dry oregano, sumac, fresh ground pepper, salt (I use Himalayan pink salt), and toasted sesame seeds.

More recently, I created and shared my own Za’atar Seasoning Mix, so you can use this recipe to make a bigger batch and use it in your everyday cooking. Great for anything with Mediterranean flavor.

Learn How to Pick the Best Olive Oil (Helpful Tips from Dr. Steven Gundry), which will help you choose a good quality olive oil.

The serving platter

You need a mix of green leaves. I used baby kale for this one, but romaine or butter lettuce would be nice, as well as arugula. Whatever you find and works for you (I wouldn’t try baby spinach though, I don’t feel that would fit in this kebab platter). My intention for this one was to buy arugula, but I bought baby kale by mistake. You also need kalamata olives, greek feta cheese, and pomegranate seeds. Some red radishes would be a good addition too.

The wrap

You can either make cassava flour tortillas at home or buy Cassava tortillas from Siete Foods. For this meal, we went the easy way and bought the tortillas.

More easy meal platter recipes

Let me know if you make and like this kebab platter. For more delicious meal platter ideas try below:

• Chicken Gyro Pita Platter with Tzatziki (Lectin-Free, Gluten-Free)
• Mustard-Sage Crispy Chicken Wing Platter
• Roasted Za’atar Chicken Platter with Sweet Potato Salad

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