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Homemade Shawarma
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Homemade Shawarma

Homemade shawarma - a recipe by Afoona

⏱ 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Daniel Azoulay
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cut the chicken into thin slices.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Mix the slices of the chicken with the cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, curry, garlic, salt and black pepper.
    Bowl
  3. 3
    Heat a heavy pan over high heat with the olive oil.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Add the chicken and fry 15 minutes in two batches, in a scorching pan, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked through.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStoveFrying pan
    💡Sear in batches in a scorching pan: a crowded pan cools down, and the chicken steams instead of browning.
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 5
    Serve immediately in a pita with tahini, jalapeño, tomato and pickles.
283calories
40 gprotein
2 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 58%● carbs 3%● fat 38%

Per serving (190 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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