Shawarma
An Egyptian dinner made with chicken. Ready in about 39 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 29 minPrep (about)
- 10 minCook (about)
- 39 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 3.3 lb chicken thighs
Fresh & other
- 1 ½ tbsp cilantro
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ cups greek yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves
- Splash lemon juice
- Sliced lettuce
- Sliced tomato
- 9 pita bread
Sauces & oils
- ¼ cup + 1 ½ tsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (5): cumin, cardamom, cayenne pepper, paprika, cumin
- 1 ½ tbsp cumin
- 1 ½ tbsp cardamom
- 1 ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 ½ tsp cumin
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Mix the marinade ingredients in a big ziplock bag.
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Add your chicken plus use your hands to make sure every piece is coated.
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Marinate overnight or up to 24 hours.
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Mix the Yoghurt Sauce ingredients in a bowl.
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Mix.
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Cover.
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Put in the fridge until required.
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Heat grill/BBQ on medium high.
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Not need to oil it because your marinade has oil in it and too thigh fillets have fat.
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But if you are worried then oil hotplate/grill.
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Place chicken on the grill.
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Heat the first side for 4 to 5 min until nicely charred.
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Turn.
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Heat the other side for 3 to 4 min (the 2nd side takes less time).
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Remove chicken from the grill.
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Cover loosely with foil.
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Set aside to rest for 5 minutes.
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TO SERVE.
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Slice chicken and pile onto the Yoghurt Sauce, Salad and platter alongside flatbreads.
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To make wrap, get a piece of flatbread plus smear with Yoghurt Sauce.
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Top using a bit of lettuce plus tomato and Chicken Shawarma.
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Roll up.
On the side: Steamed vegetables
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Steam or microwave the frozen vegetables as the bag says. Season with salt and a little butter.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.