Chicken Shawarma
- 1 cup Plain Yogurt
- 1/4 cups Vingar (I Use White)
- 1 whole Lemon, Juiced
- 2 cloves Garlic, Chopped
- 2 Tablespoons Shawarma Spice (See Note)
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper, Ground
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 cup Tahini
- 1/4 cups Lemon Juice (about 2 Whole Lemons)
- 2 Tablespoons Plain Yogurt
- 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
- 1 whole Cucumber, Peeled And Diced
- 1 whole Tomato, Diced
- 1/2 whole Red Onion Peeled And Diced
- 1/2 cups Parsley, Chopped
- 1 teaspoon Sumac
- 1- 1/2 pound Chicken Breasts, Sliced Thinly
- 4 whole Large Pita Breads
- Sliced Dill Pickles (optional)
- Notes: 1.
- Shawarma spice is a mixture of spices, and can be purchased online or at Greek, Lebanese, or Middle Eastern markets.
- If you cant find it, you can find recipes online to make your own.
- 2.
- Sumac is a lovely, lemony-flavored spice.
- It is the cousin to the poison variety, but this will not hurt you, I promise.
- Sumac can be purchased at the same places shawarma spice can.
- There is no true substitute for the flavor sumac gives, but in a pinch, you can use lemon zest and juice to similar effect.
- For the marinade: Mix your marinade ingredients together in a bowl until well blended and add your chicken.
- Mix well to coat the chicken in the marinade.
- Cover and refrigerate a minimum of 4 hours, preferably overnight.
- For the sauce: Combine your sauce ingredients and mix well.
- The yogurt will cause the sauce to thicken.
- It will look split, like you did something wrong, but that is the way it is supposed to look.
- Give it a taste and adjust your seasonings if need be.
- For the salad: Toss together your salad ingredients, and allow them to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- This will allow the flavors to mingle and the juices from the vegetables to start to run.
- Its a salad that makes its own dressing.
- To assemble the shawarma: While your salad is sitting, cook your chicken.
- Heat a large pan or a wok over medium heat and add the chicken and marinade to the pan.
- Stirring occasionally, cook the chicken.
- This doesnt take very long since the chicken is cut thinly.
- When the chicken is cooked through, turn off the heat and let it sit in the sauce the marinade created.
- The residual heat in the sauce will keep the chicken warm and moist.
- Wrap your pitas in a paper towel and microwave them for 1 minute to warm them.
- Take a pita, and smear a good dollop of the sauce on the pita.
- With a slotted spoon, remove some of the chicken from the marinade sauce and place on the pita.
- Top the chicken with a nice spoonful or two of the salad, and some sliced pickles if you are using those.
- Fold it in half like a taco, or roll it like a wrap, whichever you like.
- Enjoy with a nice side of tabouli.
yogurt, vingar, lemon, garlic, shawarma spice, black pepper, salt, tahini, lemon juice, yogurt, garlic, cucumber, tomato, red onion, parsley, sumac, chicken breasts, pickles
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chicken-shawarma-2/ (may not work)