# Turkish Chicken Shawarma

This is one of the best recipes you'll ever make, a Turkish style chicken shawarma that's easy to make and delicious.

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

## Ingredients

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

## Instructions

1. Cut the chicken thighs into thin strips at an angle.
2. In a food processor, combine garlic, hot pepper paste, yogurt, lemon juice, dried rosemary, oregano, parsley, ginger, cumin, paprika, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
3. Blend until smooth.
4. Pour the marinade over the chicken in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.
5. On a baking sheet spread with ghee or tallow, create an even layer of the marinated chicken.
6. Bake the chicken in the oven on a high broil.
7. After 15 minutes, flip the chicken and broil again.
8. Add a charcoal to some oil and cover the chicken to smoke it.
9. Dip a thin pita in the pan drippings from the chicken.
10. Spread toum and shatta on the pita.
11. Pile chicken, cucumber pickles, and a line of tomato sauce on the pita.
12. Roll the pita into a sandwich.
13. Heat a pan with more tomato sauce.
14. Nestle the sandwich into the pan and toast it.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- food processor
- large bowl
- baking sheet
- pan
- tongs

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/J05ao_ZJINE?si=KiYcS39R7tVRoAQG
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bc528327-3f59-45b5-98ef-6100c1d78721
- Extracted: 2025-07-24

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