# 30 Minute Chicken Shawarma

This is a quick and easy chicken shawarma recipe that can be made in 30 minutes, perfect for when you don't feel like cooking for hours.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thighs
- 1 spoonful yogurt
- tomato paste
- garlic
- olive oil
- lemon
- shawarma rub
- salt
- beef tallow
- pita bread
- pickles

## Instructions

1. Cut the chicken thighs really thin.
2. Add a spoonful of yogurt to the chicken.
3. Add a quick squirt of tomato paste.
4. Add some garlic.
5. Pour in some fresh olive oil.
6. Squeeze in some lemon juice.
7. Add a generous amount of shawarma rub.
8. Season with salt.
9. Quickly mix all the ingredients with the chicken.
10. Heat a sheet tray in the oven on high broil.
11. Dollop beef tallow onto the hot sheet tray.
12. Gently slide the marinated chicken onto the sheet tray.
13. Spread the chicken into a single layer for even cooking.
14. Place the chicken into the oven on a high broil for 10 minutes.
15. Gently separate the halves of pita bread.
16. Stack the pita bread halves on top of each other.
17. Quickly dollop a hefty amount of toum (garlic sauce) on the pita bread.
18. Add as much cooked chicken as you want to the pita bread.
19. Add lots of pickles.
20. Roll the shawarma and get it with a little bit of the pan drippings.
21. Toast the shawarma on a flat grill.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- sheet tray
- oven
- glove
- flat grill

## Tips

- Cut chicken thighs really thin for even cooking.
- Make a single layer of chicken on the sheet tray for even cooking.

## Source

- Original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s3upYAYwbjI&list=LL&index=13&pp=gAQBiAQB
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/31f4be39-9704-4a72-83b9-349112b91790
- Extracted: 2025-10-23

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