Chicken Shawarma Tacos
Serves 1
Directions
- 1To make the marinade, combine a healthy amount of yogurt, a squeeze of lemon juice, a spoonful of hot pepper paste or tomato paste, any form of garlic (using toum), healthy heaps of shawarma spice blend, salt if your rub doesn't have any, and a light drizzle of oil.
- 2Put on a glove and massage the marinade into the chicken.
- 3Marinate the chicken for as long as you can, from three seconds to two days.
- 4When ready to cook, throw beef tallow on a heated sheet tray.
- 5Spread your chicken into a thin layer on the sheet tray.
- 6Throw the chicken into the oven on a high broil for 10-15 minutes, flipping midway through.
- 7Add the cooked chicken to a bowl lined with foil.
- 8Place natural charcoal in the bowl to smoke the chicken.
- 9On a hot oil flat top, cook a couple of corn tortillas.
- 10Flip the tortillas, then add cheese to them.
- 11Once the cheese is melted, add a little toum (garlic sauce) and a couple of Arabic style pickles to each tortilla.
- 12Add your beautiful chicken shawarma to each tortilla.
- 13Quickly fold the tacos up.
- 14Cook down a mixture of hot pepper paste, water, and oil to create a hot sauce glaze.
- 15Gently paint the hot sauce glaze on the tacos.
- 16Dunk the tacos in some chipotle sour cream.
Ingredients
- 2 lb chicken thighs
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 Tbsp hot pepper paste
- 0.25 cup yogurt
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp beef tallow or oil
- 0.5 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 0.5 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 0.25 tsp clove
- 0.5 tsp msg
- Salt
- 12 -16 corn tortillas
- 1 -2 cups Cheese of choice
- store bought garlic sauce
- Wild cucumber pickles
- 0.25 cup hot pepper paste
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp oil
- Salt
- 2 -3 chipotles in adobo, blended
- 1.5 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp paprika
- chili powder
- 2 tbsp honey
- Salt
Equipment
sheet trayovenfoilbowlnatural charcoalflat top
Tips
- The key to shawarma is getting really thin slices of chicken.
- Marinate the chicken until you lose patience, from three seconds to two days.
- Use beef tallow on a heated sheet tray for cooking the chicken.
- Use natural charcoal to smoke the chicken for added flavor.
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