# Turkish Style Chicken Shawarma

This is a Turkish-style chicken shawarma recipe that the creator claims is one of their best recipes ever made.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thighs
- hot burn
- hot pepper paste
- yogurt
- lemon juice
- dried rosemary
- oregano
- parsley
- ginger
- cumin
- paprika
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
- ghee or tallow
- charcoal
- oil
- thin pita
- toum
- shatta
- wild cucumber pickles
- tomato sauce

## Instructions

1. Get some really thin strips of chicken thighs at an angle.
2. Start the marinade with some hot burn, hot pepper paste, a solid amount of yogurt, and lots of lemon juice.
3. Add dried rosemary, oregano, parsley, ginger, cumin, paprika, salt, and pepper to the marinade.
4. Add a gulp of olive oil to the marinade and blend.
5. Allow the chicken to swim with the marinade, then mix until patience is lost.
6. Spread ghee or tallow on a sheet tray.
7. Make an equal layer of chicken on top of the ghee or tallow.
8. Put the chicken into the oven on a high broil.
9. After 15 minutes, flip the chicken and repeat the broiling process one more time.
10. To smoke the chicken, add charcoal to some oil and cover.
11. Dip a thin pita in the pan drippings.
12. Smear toum and shatta on the pita.
13. Add a pile of chicken, wild cucumber pickles, and a line of tomato sauce on the pita.
14. Add more tomato sauce to a hot pan.
15. Nestle in and toast the sandwich in the pan.

## Equipment

- sheet tray
- oven
- pan

## Tips

- Cut chicken thighs into really thin strips at an angle.
- For smoking, add charcoal to some oil and cover.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/J05ao_ZJINE?si=m-Q_LMc8N5xHMTz7
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b7837cf0-7d25-43b9-8fe2-5be7f789dc76
- Extracted: 2026-06-24

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