Name: Chicken Shawarma
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 160 min
Ingredients: 800 g boneless chicken thighs; 3 tbsp olive oil; 3 tbsp lemon juice; 3 cloves garlic (grated); 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tsp sweet paprika; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ground cardamom; 1 tsp salt; 4 flatbreads or pitas; Garlic sauce (pickles and salad, to serve)

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Oven-roasted chicken shawarma marinated in lemon, garlic and warm spices, served in flatbread with garlic sauce and pickles.

About this Middle Eastern recipe

Shawarma is traditionally cooked on a vertical rotisserie and shaved into wraps. A hot oven and boneless chicken thighs give a similar charred, juicy result at home.

Ingredients you will need

The main ingredients are boneless chicken thighs, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, ground cumin, sweet paprika. Exact quantities are in the recipe card below.

How long it takes

Allow 2 hr 40 min in total: 15 min of preparation, 25 min of cooking and 2 hr of resting, chilling or soaking. The recipe serves 4.

Chicken Shawarma

Oven-roasted chicken shawarma marinated in lemon, garlic and warm spices, served in flatbread with garlic sauce and pickles.

Print Recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Resting 2

Total Time 2 40

Servings: 4 servings

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Calories: 560

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

800 g boneless chicken thighs
3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp lemon juice
3 cloves garlic grated
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1 tsp salt
4 flatbreads or pitas
Garlic sauce pickles and salad, to serve

Method

Mix the oil, lemon juice, garlic, spices and salt. Coat the chicken and marinate for at least 2 hours or overnight in the fridge.
Heat the oven to 220°C. Spread the chicken on a lined tray.
Roast for 22–25 minutes until cooked through and charred at the edges.
Rest for 5 minutes, then slice thinly.
Warm the flatbreads and fill with chicken, garlic sauce, pickles and salad.

Notes

Finish the sliced chicken in a very hot dry pan for 1 minute to get the crisp edges of rotisserie shawarma.