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20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

[heart_this] · Jun 6, 2024 · 5 Comments

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

A quick and easy skillet ground beef with all of the flavours of beef shawarma.

Shawarma is one of my favourites and this is a super simple ground beef version that can be made in a skillet in less than 20 minutes. Making your own authentic style shawarma can take a bit of time so this version is perfect for a quick fix! This recipe is a easy as cooking the ground beef, along with onions and garlic, before adding the seasoning. (I like to use a homemade shawarma seasoning) This shawarma beef is amazing in pitas or salads along with lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled onions, pickled jalapenos, shawarma sauce, sriracha, etc.

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma
20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

20 Minute Skillet Beef Shawarma

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4

A quick and easy skillet ground beef with all of the flavours of beef shawarma.

ingredients
  • 1 pound ground beef (or lamb)
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons shawarma seasoning
  • 1/2 cup beef broth (or beer or water)
directions
  1. Cook the beef and onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it apart as it cooks, before draining off any excess grease.
  2. Add the garlic, shawarma seasoning and broth, mix well, bring to a simmer and cook until most of the liquid has cooked off.
Option: Serve in pitas with lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled onions, pickled jalapenos, shawarma sauce, sriracha, etc.
Option: Add 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce with the beef broth.
Option: Add 1 teaspoon soy sauce with the beef broth.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 315, Fat 22g (Saturated 8g, Trans 1g), Cholesterol 80mg, Sodium 136mg, Carbs 5g (Fiber 0.8g, Sugars 1g), Protein 20g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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Comments

  1. Sabrina says

    June 8, 2024 at 3:20 pm

    20 minutes, wow, I’m impressed and saving this for my weeknight recipe box, thank you!

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  2. JD ZEE says

    January 28, 2025 at 6:12 am

    Hmm, ground beef with shawarma seasoning. How creative!!! 😆

    Reply
  3. Sylkken says

    June 22, 2025 at 10:28 pm

    First of all, I don’t think I’ve tried one recipe from your site that wasn’t great and I’ve tried quite a lot. I love that all sauces and seasoning mixes used always include a ‘from scratch’ recipe too. This was so quick to make and tasted so good. I used all ground spices and water instead of broth and it was still super good. When I have more time, I’ll do the whole spices toasted and ground because I’m sure that would be even more delicious. I served over rice pilaf and made a cucumber and mint salad on the side. Thanks for another great recipe, Kevin!

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    • Carolyn LaBossiere says

      January 12, 2026 at 12:16 pm

      where can I get this seasoning because I have looked at like three stores and can’t find it?

      Reply
      • kevin says

        January 16, 2026 at 8:14 am

        I like to make my ow! You can find the recipe here: https://alltagsgesundheit1.org/shawarma-seasoning/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

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