HomeMade Chicken Shawarma Recipe! - Glen And Friends Cooking

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Chicken breast is leaner, while drumsticks are often less expensive.

tahini sauce

🥗Healthier: yogurt sauce

💰Cheaper: hummus

Yogurt sauce is lighter, while hummus is budget-friendly.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has health benefits, while vegetable oil is economical.

cumin

🥗Healthier: ground coriander

💰Cheaper: caraway seeds

Ground coriander offers a similar flavor profile, while caraway is often less costly.

Add 2 cups of yogurt to a bowl.

Add olive oil, fennel, turmeric, cardamom, salt, sumac, cinnamon, black pepper, cumin, ground coriander seed, and oregano to the yogurt and mix together.

Grate one onion into the mixture and add crushed garlic cloves.

Juice 3 lemons and add the juice to the mixture, then stir well.

Remove skin and bone from chicken thighs and butterfly if necessary.

Add the chicken to the marinade and mix with hands until fully coated.

Refrigerate the marinated chicken for 2 to 3 hours.

Prepare a vertical beer keg barbecue with charcoal and get it hot.

Pack the marinated chicken onto the spit tightly and add onion on top.

Cook the chicken on the vertical spit until done, then slice off the cooked pieces.

Assemble the shawarma in a pita with hummus, rice, tabouli salad, pickled turnips, tahini sauce, and lettuce.

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