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Homemade Chicken Shawarma with Baharat and Middle Eastern Spices
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Homemade Chicken Shawarma with Baharat and Middle Eastern Spices with homemade tahini sauce

Homemade chicken shawarma seasoned with Middle Eastern spices, served in pita

⏱ 20 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Shawarma

  1. 1
    Cut the chicken into thin strips.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Mix the strips of the chicken with the olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, baharat, garlic, salt and black pepper and let sit 15 minutes.
    Bowl
  3. 3
    Heat a heavy pan over high heat.
    StoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Add the chicken and fry 3–4 minutes in two batches, in a scorching pan, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked through.
    StoveFrying 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
    Heat a dry pan over medium heat, and warm the pita in it.
    StoveFrying pan
  6. 6
    Mix the tahini and lemon juice and season with salt.
  7. 7
    Gradually add cold water while stirring, until the sauce is smooth, pale and pourable.
    💡When you add the first water, the tahini thickens and looks like dough: that's fine. Keep adding water and stirring, and it loosens into a smooth sauce.
  8. 8
    Spread the tahini in the pitas, fill with the shawarma and serve with salads.
792calories
72 gprotein
49 gcarbs
32 gfat
● protein 37%● carbs 25%● fat 38%

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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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