Chicken Shawarma Recipe

Ingredients

• fresh pita bread
• Whole dill pickle (cut lengthwise into 4 pieces
• French fries
• garlic spread (follow recipe)
• Marinade for chicken
• 2 lb. boneless chicken with (cut into pieces)
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp. ground green cardamoms
• ¾ tsp. allspice
• ½ t. freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ t. ground cloves
• ½ tsp. crushed red chili
• 1 ½ tsp. salt
• 4 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
• 1tsp. sumac, optional
• Ingredients for garlic sauce:
• 2 whole garlic bulbs
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup corn oil
• 3 tbsp. lemon juice

How to make Chicken Shawarma

1. Wash the chicken pieces pat dry.
2. Place the chicken pieces in a bowl.
3. Mix all the spices with lemon juice to make thick paste.
4. Rub the paste over the chicken pieces thoroughly.
5. Marinate it for 5-6 hours at room temperature over night in the refrigerator.
6. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
7. Grease a baking dish with oil, put chicken pieces in skin side down, and bake it for about 20 minutes.
8. Take it out, turn them over and bake for 10-15 more minutes or until the chicken is tender.
9. Remove the skin and shred the chicken with a sharp knife.
10. Put the shredded chicken back in the baking dish.
11. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sumac and mix well.
12. Garlic Spread:
13. Put the garlic and salt in a food processor or chopper and process to a smooth paste.
14. Add oil in a thin stream and process until oil and garlic form a uniform mixture.
15. add lemon juice and process once.
16. ASSEMBLY:
17. Take one pita bread, put a thin layer of
18. garlic spread.
19. Put 4 tablespoons of shredded chicken, a
20. few slices of pickle and French fries.
21. Roll
22. it, wrap in paper napkin.