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Beef Donair Wrap Lunch
50 min total25 prep25 cook4 servings560 cal
HardClassicFlexitarianContains glutenContains dairy
Halifax-style beef donair with spiced thinly sliced beef, sweet garlic sauce, tomatoes, and onion in a warm pita. Atlantic Canada street-food pride.
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Ingredients
4servings
meat
- 1.25 lbground beef
bakery
- 4pita bread
dairy
- 0.75 cupevaporated milk
pantry
- 0.33 cupsugar
- 2 tspgarlic powder
- 1 tsponion powder
- 1 tspdried oregano
- 1 tsppaprika
- 1.5 tspsalt
- 0.75 tspblack pepper
produce
- 2tomato
- 1onion
Steps
- Mix beef with oregano, paprika, onion powder, 1 tsp garlic powder, salt, and pepper; press into a loaf shape.
- Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 25–30 minutes until cooked through; rest 10 minutes.
- Whisk evaporated milk, sugar, and remaining garlic powder into a sweet donair sauce; chill.
- Slice beef as thinly as possible.
- Warm pitas and dice tomato and onion.
- Fill each pita with beef, tomato, and onion.
- Drizzle generously with donair sauce.
- Wrap in foil to hold together if eating on the go.
- Serve immediately.
- Leftover beef reheats well in a skillet.
Tips
- The sauce should be sweet and garlicky, not tahini-based.
- Slice beef as thinly as possible after a brief chill.
- Warm pitas so they fold without tearing.
- Serve sauce on the side for dipping too.
