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Kebab means grilled meat in Turkish. Kebab is made of lamb and beef. In the United States, this is usually called gyros meat, while a kebab is a stick with small cubes of any kind of meat or fowl and vegetables that is roasted on a grill.

There are different variants of kebab:

European:

  • Döner Kebab
  • Samak Kebab
  • Shish Kebab

And also if kebab is put to pizza, it's called a kebabpizza.

American (where it's sometimes called kebob):

  • Beef kebab
  • Chicken kebab
  • Tofu kebab
  • Vegetable kebab
  • Turkey kebab

American kebabs consist of meat and vegetables held together with a wooden skewer. Vegetables typically used include eggplant, tomato, bell pepper, onion and mushrooms.