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🇹🇷 Traditional dishes from Turkey

3 dishes people actually cook in Turkey: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Adana kebab

60 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Adana kebab, a traditional dish from Turkey

Savor the smoky flavors of this Turkish delight!

  • 800 g ground lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 flatbreads
  • 1 fresh parsley

Lahmacun

60 min · medium · 12 ingredients

Lahmacun, a traditional dish from Turkey

Delicious Turkish flatbread topped with spiced meat.

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 250 ml water
  • 7 g yeast
  • 300 g ground lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 30 g parsley
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Menemen

25 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Menemen, a traditional dish from Turkey

Savor the rich flavors of this Turkish egg delight!

  • 30 ml olive oil
  • 100 g onion
  • 100 g green bell pepper
  • 400 g tomatoes
  • 8 eggs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 10 g parsley

What do people eat in Turkey?

The three dishes from Turkey documented in Copper are Adana kebab, Lahmacun and Menemen. Olive oil and onion each appear in more than one recipe. One of the three needs an oven. Between them they use 20 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Turkey?

The three recipes need 20 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Ground lamb and parsley are the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 6 use ground lamb and 25 use parsley. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Turkey take?

Menemen is the quickest at 25 minutes. Adana kebab is the longest at 60 minutes. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Turkey is easiest to make at home?

Menemen is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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