{"id":1150,"date":"2016-05-25T18:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T22:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2016-05-25T19:04:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T23:04:13","slug":"chicken-shawarma-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Shawarma recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

My kids are crazy about shawarma sandwiches. They could eat it a few times a week if I made them, and Arabic restaurants are usually their first choice when asked where to dine (closely followed by Mexican<\/a>).\u00a0When I was\u00a0growing up<\/a> , we probably used to eat shawarma sandwiches at least once a week, if not more. Sandwiches are my most favorite way to eat at any meal, in fact I could eat it three times a day and not get tired of sandwiches ever. Meats, veggies, pickles, sauce or cheese between toasty bread, I mean what’s not to like?<\/p>\n

Today I was debating about what to make for dinner when I remembered that we had some pita bread in the fridge that I could put to use. My kids were ecstatic when they found out what we were having for dinner. My\u00a08-year-old is so funny, she used to call the sandwich ‘shower me’ when she was younger, and the name has stuck in our household.<\/p>\n

This recipe is very simple and quick to make, so it’s a convenient one to have on hand for busy days<\/a>. You can use hummus<\/a>, mutabbal or even a dash of tahini\u00a0as a spread in your sandwich as well, basically whatever you have on hand, since this is meant to be an easy fix dinner dish :-). I hope this recipe is a hit in your household, just like it is in mine!<\/p>\n

Here’s how to make the Chicken Shawarma :<\/p>\n

1. Take one large chicken breast and chop it into bite sized pieces.<\/p>\n

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2. Put 3 tbsp lemon juice, 1\/2 tsp salt, 1\/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp dried mint, 1 tsp dried oregano, and 1 tsp cumin powder into a mixing bowl. Add chicken, and stir to coat the chicken with the marinade (you can make this up to two hours in advance or cook immediately).<\/p>\n

3. Place a skillet on high heat, add two tbsp olive oil, and 2 cloves of grated garlic. Stir for 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

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4. Transfer the chicken into the skillet in a single layer. Cook for 2 minutes, do not touch.<\/p>\n

5. Stir the chicken, lower heat to medium, and cook for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

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6. Turn the heat back on high, and let the sides of the chicken brown a bit for about a minute. Turn off heat, transfer to a plate.<\/p>\n

7. Make a sauce with 1\/3 cup yogurt, 1 tbsp tahini, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 clove grated garlic, and 1\/4 tsp each salt and pepper.<\/p>\n

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8. Arrange a platter with warm pitas, chopped lettuce, pickles, parsley, tomatoes, chicken and the sauce, and proceed to assemble your sandwich. Serve immediately.<\/p>\n

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My kids are crazy about shawarma sandwiches. They could eat it a few times a week if I made them, and Arabic restaurants are usually their first choice when asked where to dine (closely followed by Mexican).\u00a0When I was\u00a0growing up , we probably used to eat shawarma sandwiches at least once a week, if not … Continue reading Chicken Shawarma recipe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[232,70,68,234,233,235,231,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}