Editing Kebab (section)

{{short description|Variety of meat dishes originating in the Middle East}}
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{{Infobox food
| name               = Kebab
| image              = Lula kebab 2.jpg
| image_size         = 275px
| caption            = A typical ground meat kebab, a food that exists by various names in many world cuisines
| country            = [[Iran]], [[Turkey]], [[Mashriq|Arabic-speaking Middle East]]
| region             = [[Middle East]], [[Balkans]], [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[South Asia]]
| course             = [[Main course]]
| served             = Hot
| main_ingredient    = [[Meat]]
}}

'''Kebab'''{{efn|{{langx|fa|كباب|kabāb}};<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marks |first=Gil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFK_yx7Ps7cC |title=Encyclopedia of Jewish Food |date=2010-11-17 |publisher=HMH |isbn=978-0-544-18631-6 |language=en|quote=The Persian term was adopted by medieval Arabs and Turks as kebab}}</ref> {{langx|ar|كباب|kabāb}},<ref name="Oxford">{{Cite web |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kebab |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050611/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kebab |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2017 |title=kebab – definition of kebab in English |website=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> {{IPA|ar|kaˈbaːb|pron}}; {{langx|tr|kebap}}, {{IPA|tr|ceˈbap|pron|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-kebap.wav}}.}} ({{IPAc-en|UK|k|ɪ|ˈ|b|æ|b}} {{respell|kib|AB}}, {{IPAc-en|US|k|ɪ|ˈ|b|ɑː|b}} {{respell|kib|AHB}}), '''kebap''',  '''kabob''' (alternative [[North American English|North American]] spelling), '''kebob''', or '''kabab''' ([[Kashmir]]i spelling) is a variety of roasted meat dishes that originated in the [[Middle East]].

Kebabs consist of cut up [[ground meat]], sometimes with vegetables and various other accompaniments according to the specific recipe. Although kebabs are typically cooked on a [[skewer]] over a fire, some kebab dishes are oven-baked in a pan, or prepared as a [[stew]] such as ''[[tas kebab]]''.<ref name="Oxford Companion"/><ref name="Akin 2015">{{cite book|first1=Engin|last1=Akin|title=Essential Turkish Cuisine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsKDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT287|publisher=Abrams|date=6 October 2015|isbn=9781613128718|via=Google Books}}</ref> The traditional meat for kebabs is most often [[lamb meat]], but regional recipes may include [[beef]], [[Goat meat|goat]], [[Chicken (food)|chicken]], [[fish (food)|fish]], or even [[pork]] (depending on whether or not there are specific [[Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork|religious prohibitions]]).