I wouldn’t even call this a recipe, but this shawarma chicken will be your go-to dinner.
Yes, it’s super simple to prepare this shawarma chicken and you don’t really need to prep it in advance. But if you do, you’ll be happy you have it ready to pull it from the freezer and cook.
Cut chicken cutlets (thin sliced cutlets saves time, but isn’t necessary) into small bite-sized pieces.
Place in a bowl and drizzle with some olive oil and generously sprinkle shawarma spice blend (I like Pereg brand) to your family’s taste. Younger children might prefer a milder flavor, but we love it pretty intense. With a gloved hand, mix it all together very well
and then transfer to a Ziploc freezer bag. Fill the bag with just enough to have one layer of chicken when flattened out. Freeze flat – that’s important! This will allow you to pull the bag out of the freezer at any point and cook the chicken pretty much right away.
In the time it takes the chicken to cook – I use a well greased grill pan – you can cut up some Israeli salad and with some techina (recipe here) from the freezer as well,
you have a complete meal. Also, put This Shawarma Sheet Pan Chicken on Your Dinner Rotation.
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How do you cook the chicken? Grill? fry? Bake?
Yum! We do this all the time but with a homemade spice blend. Fun add-ins that we love (besides for Israeli salad and techina) are coleslaw, grilled eggplant, and fried onion! We bake the chicken on high heat. Also tastes delicious threaded on skewers for those that want to skip the pita.
I do this with chicken thighs, I find it is juicier and I can actually cook it in its own fat. Frying it gives it the crispness you get from a real shawarma store. After I remove the chicken from the pan I use the extra oil to fry an onion that some of us like to add to our sandwich.
SK, what spice blend do you use? We love schwarma but we’re off paprika now and all the schwarma blends you buy have paprika in it. Thanks!
Absolute delicious! Made this for supper last night. Checks the three essential boxes: Yummy. Quick. Easy. Thanks!!!!
Best pita to buy is shore pita ! Holds everything in without breaking
How do you cook the chicken? In the oven or fry it? Please give the recipe.
Do you have a recipe for the homemade spice blend? Are there cooking instructions for the chicken? Thank you