Chicken Shawarma
Spiced marinated chicken roasted in a stack and shaved thin, in flatbread with garlic sauce and pickles.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg chicken thighs, boneless
- 150 g plain yoghurt
- 60 ml lemon juice
- 5 pieces garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
- 60 ml olive oil
- 6 pieces flatbreads
- 100 g pickled turnips or cucumbers
- to taste salt
- 0.5 head lettuce, shredded
- 150 g toum (garlic sauce)
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 3770 kcal · P 339.8g · C 139.5g · F 202.7g
Estimated from 14 of 15 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Whisk the yoghurt, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, coriander, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, olive oil and salt into a marinade.
- 2Coat the chicken thighs thoroughly and marinate at least 6 hours, ideally overnight.
- 3Stack the thighs tightly on a vertical skewer, or press them in layers into a loaf tin and cover with foil.
- 4Roast at 200°C for 1 hour 15 minutes. The outside should be dark and slightly charred.
- 5Rest 15 minutes, then shave thin slices off the outside of the stack with a sharp knife.
- 6Crisp the shavings for a minute in a hot dry pan — this is the step that separates shawarma from roast chicken.
- 7Warm the flatbreads and fill with the chicken, pickles, lettuce and toum.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken Shawarma take to make?
About 105 minutes: 25 min prep and 80 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken Shawarma?
15 ingredients: chicken thighs, plain yoghurt, lemon juice, garlic cloves, ground cumin, ground coriander, sweet paprika, ground turmeric, ground cinnamon, olive oil, flatbreads, pickled turnips or cucumbers and 3 more.
How many servings does this Chicken Shawarma recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Shawarma?
About 628 kcal, with 56.6 g protein, 23.3 g carbohydrate and 33.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Chicken Shawarma?
Chicken Shawarma comes from Middle Eastern cuisine.
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