Chicken Shawarma With Yogurt Sauce
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5.0
54 reviews
Excellent
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Total Time
55 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
411 kcal
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Course
Dinner
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Cuisine
Middle Eastern
Chicken Shawarma With Yogurt Sauce
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A simple chicken shawarma recipe with tender, smokey and flavorful chicken and a salty, garlic and lemon yogurt sauce served over crisp veggies and warm pita bread.
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Ingredients
Marinade
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 cloves garlic pressed
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
Pita & Toppings
- 1 small red onion cut into wedges
- ¼ cup chicken broth or water
- 4 pita bread loaves
- 4-5 leaves romaine shredded
- 1 cucumber chopped
- 1 large tomato chopped
Yogurt Sauce
- 5 to 6 ounces (⅔ cup) plain Greek yogurt*
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic pressed
- ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
Marinate Meat
- In a small bowl, combine marinade ingredients. Place chicken in a plastic bag and pour marinade over the top. Shake to coat and allow to marinate for at least 30 minutes, up to 2 hours.
Make Yogurt Sauce
- In a small bowl (or the disposable yogurt cup), combine all yogurt sauce ingredients and stir until well-mixed.
Cook Meat
- Preheat your oven to the warm setting (or lowest setting).
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add chicken thighs (dispose of the marinade) and cook for 2 to 4 minutes until first side is seared and darkly golden. Flip and cook for an additional 2 to 4 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the thighs reads 165°F. Turn down the heat if at any time the chicken seems to be burning.
- Transfer chicken to a plate and place a piece of foil over the thighs to keep them warm. Set aside.
- Over medium high-heat, deglaze your pan with a little chicken broth or water (about a quarter cup), scraping the burned and blackened pieces off the bottom while the liquid simmers.
- Add onions to your pan.
- Place your pita bread into the warm oven to heat while your onions cook.
- Cook onions until your they reach your desired level of doneness (for me, about 4 minutes for fairly soft onions). Remove from heat.
Assemble
- Slice thighs into strips and serve over warmed pita bread. Top with cooked onions, romaine, tomatoes, cucumbers, and yogurt sauce.
Notes
- *5 to 6 ounces is the standard single-serving size for a package of yogurt.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
411kcal
(21%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 411 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 411kcal | 21% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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