Lebanese Chicken Shawarma recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup plain yogurt
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon tomato paste
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch strips

Nutrition Info

365 calories
carbohydrate: 7.9 g
cholesterol: 132.9 mg
fat: 13.4 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 51 g
saturatedFat: 3.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 479.9 mg
sugar: 5.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Whisk yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, tomato paste, garlic, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes together in a bowl. Mix in chicken strips. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to marinate, 8 hours to overnight.

  2. Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

  3. Remove chicken from the bowl and arrange in a single layer on a broiling pan. Discard excess marinade.

  4. Broil chicken, turning once, until juices run clear, about 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This is a flavorful chicken dish, which I first tasted at a little Lebanese restaurant. While normally shawarma is sliced off a rotisserie, it can be made at home with just a few changes. Be warned, it takes a day of prep time. For lunch, serve as a sandwich in warmed flatbread with cucumber sauce, sliced onion, and seeded tomato. For dinner, serve with rice and lentils (for a treat, look up mujadarrah on this site).

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