![]() Freeze cooked and cooled chicken in a freezer-safe, airtight container or plastic bag for one month.Store leftover chicken in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to 4 days.This Chicken Shawarma recipe is perfect for meal prepping ahead of a busy week or freezing to eat later. Storage, Freezing, and Reheating Instructions Hummus, tahini, or Mediterranean salsa also make great toppings for this chicken! You can also make your own Mediterranean-style pizza with this on top! Serve this chicken in a warm pita with Garlic Sauce, tomatoes, lettuce, and onions for your own homemade gyro! Or serve as an entree over rice or a salad. (Best for kebabs.) How To Serve Chicken Shawarma You can also throw some sliced veggies like red onion, bell peppers, and mushrooms into your marinade and grill them, too. Grill until golden brown, and cooked through (about 10-15 minutes). Serve the chicken in a pita or on top of a salad or over rice!Ĭan You Grill This Chicken Shawarma RecipeĪbsolutely! This recipe can easily be made on the grill as full thighs or breasts, or skewered, after marinating of course. Top with chopped fresh parsley if desired.Remove from the oven and allow the chicken to rest for a couple of minutes before slicing. ![]() ![]() Cook chicken for 1-2 minutes until golden brown and crispy. In the last minute or two of cooking switch the oven to Broil. (Mine took about 15 minutes because the chicken was on the thinner side). Place chicken in a greased baking dish and bake until golden brown and cooked through. When you are ready to cook preheat oven to 425 F degrees.Cover and store in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or overnight. Add chicken to a large ziplock bag along with all of the ingredients except the chopped fresh parsley.Making Chicken Shawarma at home is a lot easier to make than you might think! All you need is a few minutes of prep time. Dry Seasonings: Ground cumin, paprika (smoked, if possible), turmeric, ground cinnamon, salt, and pepper are all you need to get the bold flavor of street-style Chicken Shawarma at home!.Garlic: Minced fine so they almost melt into the chicken thighs and other spices.Extra Virgin Olive Oil: To marry the spices in the marinade together and adhere them to the chicken thighs.Lemon Juice: Adds a nice acidity to the chicken and acts as a tenderizer in the marinade.However, you can use breasts, if you prefer. And they’re perfect for flavorful recipes like this shawarma that uses a variety of bold flavors. Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs: I love using chicken thighs because they’re pretty cheap and nearly impossible to overcook.Serve this dish as an entree with sides like my Mediterranean quinoa, over some mixed greens as a salad, in a pita with some hummus as a riff on a gyro, or over crispy pita chips with some fresh veggies and tzatziki sauce for Mediterranean-style nachos! Ingredients ![]() Your entire house will smell divine! And the chicken comes out moist and tender thanks to the marinating and broiling. If you’ve ever thought chicken thighs were boring, this chicken shawarma recipe will change your mind! This dish is so fragrant with tons of spices. This helps to get the golden brown char on the chicken similar to grilling. After the chicken bakes, I broil them for a few minutes on each side. I bake the chicken in a 425 degree oven so it cooks fast and stays juicy. You can still get golden brown roasted chicken in the oven. Leaving the chicken whole and baking was a lot easier to do versus cubing, putting it on skewers then grilling. In my version of Chicken Shawarma I decided to leave the chicken whole and bake the chicken instead of grilling which they traditionally did in Israel. Either in a sandwich served with rice or on a kabob. ![]() We saw chicken shawarma at pretty much every restaurant we went to. It was tender, juicy, full of flavor and tons of fragrant spices. Storage, Freezing, and Reheating InstructionsĪfter a recent trip to Israel, I was on a mission to replicate the street-style chicken shawarma I enjoyed there.Can You Grill This Chicken Shawarma Recipe. ![]()
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