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Homemade Chicken Shawarma
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Homemade Chicken Shawarma with homemade mayonnaise – Gluten-free version

Homemade chicken shawarma with classic Middle Eastern-Mediterranean seasoning – crispy, fragrant and ready in minutes. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free bread.

⏱ 1 hr 7 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Shawarma

  1. 1
    Coat the slices of the chicken in a mixture of the olive oil, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, salt and black pepper, cover and marinate in the fridge at least 1 hour, preferably overnight.
    BowlRefrigerator
  2. 2
    Heat the pan over high heat with a little oil and fry the onion until golden and crisp at the edges. Transfer to a plate.
    StoveFrying pan
  3. 3
    Add the slices of the chicken in a single layer and fry 5–6 minutes per side, until the chicken is golden and cooked through.
    Stove
  4. 4
    Return the onion in the last minute and stir.
  5. 5
    Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and slice into thin strips.
    KnifeCutting board
  6. 6
    Heat a dry pan over medium heat, and warm the gluten-free bread in it.
    StoveFrying pan
  7. 7
    Put the egg, mustard, salt and black pepper in the blender jar and blend about half a minute.
    BlenderorStick blenderorFood processor
  8. 8
    Add the oil in a thin, slow stream, while the blender is running, until a thick emulsion forms.
    Blender
    💡The thin stream is everything: fat that goes in too fast can't bind, and the sauce breaks. For mayonnaise and hollandaise, if this happens, start with a fresh yolk and slowly add the broken sauce to it; if the sauce is too thick, thin it with a teaspoon of water.
  9. 9
    Add the lemon juice and stir. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  10. 10
    Spread in the gluten-free bread the mustard and mayonnaise, arrange in it the shawarma and the tomatoes and cucumber, roll up and serve immediately.
695calories
55 gprotein
52 gcarbs
29 gfat
● protein 32%● carbs 30%● fat 38%

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🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • 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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