Kapsalon

  • Ingredients 8 Ingredients
  • Total time 35 min total
  • Servings Serves Serves 2
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Cuisine Netherlands
  • Category Lamb
Recipe byThe ZestyPlate Kitchen
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The Dutch favourite of fries topped with doner meat and melted gouda, finished with fresh salad, garlic sauce and hot sauce.

Kapsalon is Dutch fast food at its most unapologetic: a tray of crisp fries piled with doner meat, smothered in melted Gouda, then topped with cool salad, garlic sauce and hot sauce. It started in Rotterdam and leans happily into excess. This is the dish you reach for at the end of a long night, the whole lot in a single tray.
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Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Total 35 min Easy
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Ingredients

Scale:
  • 250 Grams Fries
  • 500 Grams Doner Meat
  • Topping Garlic Sauce
  • Topping Hotsauce
  • 1 Bulb Lettuce
  • 1 Tomato
  • 3rd Cucumber
  • 100 Grams Gouda Cheese
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Snack
Kapsalon

Preparation

  1. Cut the meat into strips, heat oil in a pan, and fry the strips for 6 minutes until cooked through.
  2. Deep-fry the fries until golden brown, then transfer to a baking dish, spreading them across the whole base.
  3. Cover the fries with an even layer of meat.
  4. Scatter a layer of cheese over the meat (grated cheese works too), then put it in the oven for a few minutes until melted.
  5. Chop the lettuce, tomato and cucumber into small pieces and toss together for a basic salad (add olives, jalapenos or red onion if you like).
  6. Scatter the salad over the dish and serve with garlic sauce and hot sauce.

Tips from the ZestyPlate Kitchen

  • Get the fries properly crisp before layering so they don't go soggy under the toppings.
  • Melt the cheese over the meat and fries under the grill or in the oven until it turns gooey.
  • Add the cold salad right at the end so it stays fresh against the hot, cheesy base.
  • Don't hold back on the garlic and hot sauces; they're what pull the whole thing together.

Frequently Asked Questions

Doner or shawarma meat is traditional, but any grilled or roasted meat works; chicken, lamb or beef all do the job.

Gouda is the classic and melts beautifully. Any good melting cheese will stand in if you can't get hold of it.

Yes. Swap the meat for falafel, grilled halloumi or a plant-based shawarma, and keep the fries, cheese, salad and sauces the same.

It was created in Rotterdam, reportedly at the request of a hairdresser. 'Kapsalon' is Dutch for hair salon.

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