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Chicken Shawarma

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  • Sizzling and juicy, shawarma comes wrapped in khubz (Arabic bread).
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Ingredients

  • For the marinade:

  • 10 cloves garlic, Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • 6 tbsps olive oil
  • 2 tsps curry powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsps ground pepper
  • 5 drops yellow food colouring, optional

  • For the chicken:

  • 900g boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 4 pieces pita bread
  • 1 tomato, Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • Shawarma sauce, recipe follows
  • For shawarma sauce:
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 240ml store-bought tahini
  • 700ml water
  • 120ml lemon juice
  • Salt

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Chicken Shawarma

1) To make the marinade, in a medium bowl, Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk together the garlic, lemon juice and oil. Add curry powder, salt, pepper and food colouring and Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk to combine. Add chicken and coat with marinade. Marinate chicken overnight in the refrigerator.

2) Preheat a barbecue to medium heat. Remove chicken from marinade. Barbecue chicken for about 10 minutes on each side or until fully cooked through. Serve chicken on pita and top with tomatoes and shawarma sauce.

3) For the shawarma sauce, add garlic to the bowl of a food processor and process until Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped . Add tahini and pulse to combine. With the machine running, slowly add cold water until frothy. Add lemon juice and mix until creamy. Season with salt, to taste.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore we cannot make any representation as to the results.