Chicken Shawarma

Serves 4

Preparation 0:40 mins

Cooking 0:30 mins

It's time to figure out how to make a perfect chicken shawarma! Get its recipe here and prepare a superb meal of chicken tonight. Making chicken shawurma at home is no more a problem. KFoods.com gives the best recipe to get started with the most popular Arabic dish.

Ingredients

8 Chicken Thighs (boneless)
1 tsp. Mixed Spice
¼ tsp. Cardamoms
Salt (to taste)
Black Pepper Powder
¼ cup Plain Yogurt
½ cup Malt Vinegar
1 tbsp. Vegetable Oil

¼ cup Plain Yogurt
½ cup Tahini Sauce
½ tsp. Garlic (Lehsan) (minced)
Salt (to taste)
Black Pepper Powder
2 tbsp. Lemon Juice
1 tbsp. Fresh Parsley (chopped)
1 tbsp. Olive Oil

8 Pita Bread Rounds
4 medium Tomatoes (thinly sliced)
½ cup Onion (sliced)
4 cups Lettuce (shredded)

How to make Chicken Shawarma

Method

In a glass baking dish, mix together malt vinegar, ¼ cup plain yogurt , vegetable oil, mixed spice, cardamom, salt and pepper. Place the chicken thighs into the mixture and turn to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, mix together the tahini, ¼ cup plain yogurt , garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, taste, and adjust flavors if desired. Cover and refrigerate.

Cover chicken and bake in the marinade for 30 minutes, turning once. Uncover, and cook for an additional 5 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is browned and cooked through. Remove from the dish, and cut into slices.

Place sliced chicken, tomato, onion, and lettuce inside of pita breads. Roll up, and top with the tahini sauce.

Note: Preparation Time: 10 Minutes, Cooking Time: 40 Minutes, Ready In: 4 Hours And 50 Minutes

What is Shawarma?

Shawarma (also writted as Shawurma) is an Arabic meat dish made with chicken, lamb, beef or veal. A large piece of meat is fixed on a vertical rod inside a cylinder-like container. To serve the dish, slices of meat are cut and wrapped inside a flat bread with other ingredients such as tomatoes, cucumber, onions and other vegetables.

As Shawarma belongs originally to Arabic cuisine, most of its varieties are seen in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Lebanon, Jordan and other Middle East countries. You would find a large variety of shawarma recipes in Arabian cuisines such as beef shawarma, lamb shawarma, veal shawarma and vegetable shawurma.

KFoods.com is sharing an authentic recipe for chicken shawarma by chef Fauzia; recipe is easy and simple. Try out the recipe this weekend and feel the joys of it's taste.

Posted By: Hina, Karachi

What is the full name of chef Fauzia? I was looking for more of her recipes, I found some of her recipes on kfoods.com and some on other websites. Can I get full range of her recipes? please share if you have a list.

Saiqa, Bahawalpur

hi, amazing recipe for shawarma, this is the best dish i have eaten in my life (only from Arabic cuisine). I am the best cook in my family , although not cooked shawarma myself but I want to become the first one to make shawarma and lead all my cousins.

Sidra Doltana, Faisalabad

While making a chicken shuwarma, I always purchase fresh chicken because you don't know how old already the chicken is. So go to your nearby chicken shop, get slaughtered the hen then and there and get fresh chicken to your home. That's a little way to ensure best quality of chicken.

Khalida, Multan

Recently, a new shawarma point has started selling it near our home. We girls were very excited to taste it , and yes, it was really awesome. We are trying to make that shawarma at home but we don't have any know how about its procedure and how exactly to make it. Does your recipe give us some idea?

Mehreen, Bahawalpur

I am going to become a chef, I have introduced my own chicken shawarma recipe which has some additional ingredients and due to that items, its taste is really great. I can devise many other chicken recipes as well.

Afeef, Islamabad