# Crispy Chicken Shawarma

A crispy chicken shawarma that has been trending online.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs chicken thighs
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 Tbsp hot pepper paste or tomato paste
- 0.25 cup full-fat yogurt
- lemon juice
- olive oil
- shawarma spices
- beef tallow
- cayenne pepper
- ketchup
- water
- pita
- toum
- cucumber pickles
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 0.5 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 0.5 tsp cardamom
- 0.5 tsp clove
- 0.5 tsp msg
- salt
- 0.5 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 3 Tbsp beef tallow or neutral oil
- 0.25 cup oil
- 0.25 cup tomato paste
- 2 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 0.25 cup water
- salt
- large pita bread/flatbread
- toum
- thinly sliced pickles
- pomegranate molasses

## Instructions

1. Slice the chicken thighs into thin pieces.
2. Add a handful of garlic to a food processor.
3. Add tomato paste or hot pepper paste.
4. Add a small amount of full-fat yogurt (do not use Greek yogurt).
5. Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice.
6. Add a squirt of oil.
7. Add shawarma spices.
8. Blend the mixture until smooth.
9. Pour the marinade over the chicken.
10. Mix the chicken with the marinade.
11. Marinate the chicken overnight.
12. Start with some oil in a pan.
13. Add lots of tomato or hot pepper paste to the pan.
14. Add a little cayenne pepper to the pan.
15. Add a little ketchup.
16. Splash in a little water and turn it into a paste.
17. Place a sheet tray in the oven on high broil for 10-15 minutes.
18. Add beef tallow to the hot sheet tray.
19. Slide the marinated chicken onto the sheet tray.
20. Spread the chicken into a thin layer and throw it into the oven on high broil for about 10-15 minutes.
21. Place an aluminum foil bowl with oil in the middle of the cooked chicken.
22. Place a lit natural charcoal in the oil to smoke the chicken.
23. Split a pita bread and use the insides.
24. Spread toum on the pita.
25. Add a generous pile of cooked chicken.
26. Add some wild cucumber pickles.
27. Fold, tuck, and roll the pita.
28. Toast the seam-side down in some pan drippings.
29. Paint the red paste onto the shawarma.
30. Flip the shawarma and baste all sides.
31. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- food processor
- frying pan
- sheet tray
- oven
- aluminium foil
- charcoal
- brush

## Tips

- Marinate until you lose patience (overnight is good).
- Spread the chicken into a thin layer on the sheet tray.
- Baste all sides of the shawarma with the red paste.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/1PlAsc-YOu0?si=lh9dJDx0LMNdslpg
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1ee8e12d-bf61-4552-b6d8-b3668dd82bbb
- Extracted: 2025-11-12

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