Editing İskender kebap

{{Short description|Turkish meat dish (variety of "döner")}}
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{{Infobox food
| name            = İskender kebab
| image           = İskender Kebap.jpg
| image_size      = 
| caption         = İskender kebap from [[Istanbul]]
| alternate_name  = Uludağ kebab <br/> Bursa kebab
| place_of_origin         = [[Ottoman Empire]]
| region          = [[Bursa]]
| creator         = İskender Efendi
| course          = Main dish + appetizer (yoghurt)
| served          = Hot
| main_ingredient = thinly cut grilled [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]], [[tomato sauce]], [[pita]] bread, melted [[butter|sheep butter]] and [[yogurt]]
| calories        = 800–1000
| other           = 
}}
'''İskender kebap''' is a Turkish dish that consists of sliced meat topped with hot [[tomato sauce]] over pieces of [[pita]] bread, and generously slathered with melted special [[Sheep milk|sheep's milk]] [[butter]] and [[yogurt]]. It can be prepared from thinly cut grilled [[Lamb and mutton|lamb]] or chicken. The prepared kebab is placed at a distance of 10–15&nbsp;cm from the previously lit fire and is cooked slowly, then it is cut thinly with a knife from top to bottom and is then served. Tomato sauce and melted butter are generally poured over the dish at the table, for the customer's amusement.

It is one of the most popular [[dish (food)|dishes]] of [[Turkey]]. It takes its name from its inventor, İskender, who lived in [[Bursa, Turkey|Bursa]] in the late 19th century [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eatyourworld.com/destinations/europe/turkey/istanbul/what_to_eat/iskender_kebap|title=Iskender kebap, Bursa kebab - Istanbul, Turkey - Local Food Guide|website=eatyourworld.com|accessdate=28 March 2023|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321102300/https://eatyourworld.com/destinations/europe/turkey/istanbul/what_to_eat/iskender_kebap|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://iskenderiskenderoglu.com.tr/iskender-kebabin-tarihcesi İskender kebabın tarihçesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819182707/https://iskenderiskenderoglu.com.tr/iskender-kebabin-tarihcesi |date=19 August 2017 }} İskender İskenderoğlu. (in Turkish)</ref>

"Kebapçı İskender" is [[trademark]]ed by the İskenderoğlu family, who still run the restaurant in Bursa.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.kebapciiskender.com.tr/en/?PID=54
| access-date = 2008-07-27
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524065730/http://www.kebapciiskender.com.tr/en/?PID=54
| archive-date=2011-05-24
| title      = Become a brand
| publisher  = Kebapçı İskender
| first      = Yavuz 
| last       = İskenderoğlu
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.kebapciiskender.com.tr/en/?PID=56
| access-date = 2008-08-10
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524065730/http://www.kebapciiskender.com.tr/en/?PID=56
| archive-date=2011-05-24
| title      = Trademark Registration
| publisher  = Kebapçı İskender
}}</ref> This dish is available in many restaurants throughout the country mostly under the name "İskender kebap", "Bursa kebabı", or at times with an alternative one made up by the serving restaurant such as "Uludağ kebabı".

==See also==
* [[List of kebabs]]
* [[Turkish cuisine]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iskender.com.tr/ Original İskender Restaurant] {{in lang|tr}}
*[http://ozlemsturkishtable.com/2015/12/home-style-iskender-kebab-in-tomato-sauce-pita-bread-and-yoghurt/ Home Style Iskender Recipe]

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