chicken shawarma recipe
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Lebanese chicken shawarma recipe background:

Lebanese Chicken Shawarma is a Middle Eastern recipe that originated in the Levant region of the Arab in the time of the Ottoman Empire. This recipe is made with the help of meat especially chicken according to the time demand, and marinated meat roasted on the vertical cone-rod in the split form. This recipe was traditionally made with lamb or mutton but now it is most liked with chicken. Chicken Shawarma is a popular street food in the Arab world and the Greater Middle East and now in Asian countries also like it very much as a party and enjoying time snack.
This recipe has become part of birthday parties, marriage parties, and other dinner party dish.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Marinated Time: 8 hrs

Servings: 4 person

Ingredients of Lebanese chicken shawarma:

  • 1 cup of fresh yogurt
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper powder
  • ¼ tsp red chili flakes
  • 2 pounds boneless chicken breasts, in the form of 1/2-inch strips.

Cooking method

This chicken shawarma recipe is quick but first you have to pay time for it’s marinated step, your first thing have to ready for chicken shawarma bowl of marinated chicken for this recipe:

Step1:

First, take a bowl and add fresh yogurt it and mix it properly, now add fresh lemon juice, olive oil, tomato paste, garlic, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes in a bowl.
After this mix in chicken strips for marinate. Now cover the bowl with plastic chicken shawarma wrap and put it in the refrigerator to marinate for 8 hours overnight.

Step 2:

Now set the oven rack 6 inches from the heat source. After this remove chicken from the bowl and set in a single layer on a broiling pan. Discard excess marinade. Broil chicken, turning once, until juices run clear, about 10 minutes at least 165 degrees F or 74 degrees C.

broiled chicken for chicken shawarma

Step 3:
After this take chicken shawarma sauce and paste it on chicken shawarma bread put broiled chicken and wrap it with the help of paper.

wrap chicken shawarma


Step 4:
So your chicken shawarma is ready and you can serve it with Trader Joe’s salad serving material.
The other related recipes that you can make with the help of this marinated chicken material.

serve chicken shawarma with salad

Chicken shawarma nutrition facts Servings Per Recipe:

Chicken shawarma meat Calories 365
Total Fat    13g
Saturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 133mg
Sodium480mg
Carbohydrate 8g
Dietary Fiber  1g
Sugars 5g
Protein 51g
Vitamin C 9mg
Calcium 152mg