Crispy Chicken Shawarma
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Thinly slice the chicken thighs.
- 2Prepare the marinade by combining hot pepper paste (or tomato paste), full-fat yogurt, fresh lemon juice (or white vinegar), a squirt of oil, and shawarma spices.
- 3Mix the chicken with the marinade.
- 4Marinate the chicken, preferably overnight.
- 5For the red sauce, heat oil, add tomato or hot pepper paste, cayenne pepper, and ketchup. Splash in water and turn it into a paste.
- 6Preheat the oven with a sheet tray on a high broil for about 10-15 minutes.
- 7Add beef tallow or neutral oil to the hot sheet tray.
- 8Slide the marinated chicken onto the sheet tray and spread it out into a thin layer.
- 9Broil the chicken in the oven for about 10-15 minutes.
- 10Place an aluminum foil bowl with oil and a lit natural charcoal in the oven with the chicken to smoke it.
- 11To assemble, split a pita and use the insides.
- 12Spread a generous amount of toum on the pita.
- 13Pile a generous amount of cooked chicken onto the pita.
- 14Add thinly sliced wild cucumber pickles to the pita.
- 15Fold, tuck, and roll the pita.
- 16Toast the seam side down in some pan drippings.
- 17Paint the beautiful red paste onto the toasted shawarma, ensuring all sides are basted.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken thighs
- 3 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 Tbsp hot pepper paste or tomato paste
- 0.25 cup full-fat yogurt
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice or white vinegar
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- shawarma spices or pre-mixed shawarma spice
- 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
- to taste Salt
- 0.5 tsp ginger (optional)
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- 3 Tbsp beef tallow or neutral oil
- 0.25 cup oil for red sauce
- 0.25 cup tomato paste for red sauce
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper for red sauce
- 0.25 cup water
- to taste Salt for red sauce
- Large pita bread/flat bread
- Toum
- Thinly sliced pickles (wild cucumber pickles)
- Pomegranate molasses
- natural charcoal
Equipment
ovensheet trayaluminum foil bowlpan
Tips
- Get really thin slices on some thighs for a good home shawarma.
- Do not use Greek yogurt.
- Marinate chicken overnight for best flavor.
- Smoke the chicken with lit natural charcoal for extra flavor.
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