Healthy chicken Shawarma wrap
Hello friends! How was your weekend? Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the mothers reading this! you and I share the most wonderful 24/7 job in the whole wide world! tiring, is it? yes but totally rewarding.
Today I bring you a recipe that is not only healthy but flavorful and easy to eat. Shawarma Lebanese Chicken Recipe.
Lebanese cuisine is rich and diverse, it consists mainly of Mezze which is a set of varied dishes that somehow resembles Spanish tapas. For tonight I prepared a special Lebanese recipe, Shawarma chicken with pita bread and different salads.
Remember that Lebanese spread I prepared for game day? This was an assortment of dishes that are usually eaten with pita bread and those mezze recipes are among others: Baba ghanouj, hummus, Fattouche, Tabouleh…
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breast or boneless thighs
- Marinade:
- 2 small garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- Salt freshly ground pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Yogurt sauce:
- 250 ml Greek yoghurt 1 natural yogurt
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 1 tablespoon cilantro chopped
- 1 tablespoon mint chopped
- A few drops of lemon juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- To serve:
- Pita bread
- A Lebanese salad lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, sumac
Instructions
- Start by mixing marinade ingredients in a plastic (Ziploc) bag or salad bowl.
- Place the chicken Add the chicken. Mix well with your hands so that the chicken is covered with the marinade.
- Leave to marinate overnight or for a few hours.
- Mix the ingredients in the yogurt sauce in a bowl, place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Heat the BBQ or a large grill pan. Cook the chicken until golden brown on both sides like 4 - 6 minutes for each side.
- Place on a large plate and cover with aluminum foil to keep them warm.
- Serve with Pita bread, yogurt sauce and salad (lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, sumac).
9 thoughts on “Healthy chicken Shawarma wrap”
Ooooooh, this sounds delicious, Gaila! So many flavours packed into one wrap. I know that I would devour this in 2 seconds flat 🙂
Dawn! we are in the same pace here! this was so delicious! and that cayenne pepper really does give it a kick! ?
Sounds delicious Gaila! Love the spicess and love how nice and healthy it is!
Thank you Mary Ann! have a great week
This sounds amazing, Gaila!! I love a good wrap, and I haven’t made chicken shawarma in forever. I definitely need to do this and put it in wrap form! 🙂 And I totally agree with you about Mom’s having the hardest but most rewarding job of all time. I’m always amazed at how zonked Laura and I are after a weekend day hanging out with the little guy. He has SO much energy these days!!
Thank you David! Can we exchange one of my wraps for a bowl of your confetti pasta salad? ????
That sounds like a delicious wrap, Gaila! And Happy Mother’s Day to you too!
Thank you Rachelle!!
This chicken shawarma looks and sounds great, Gaila! I haven’t had any similar wraps for ages, and I’ll need to catch up with this:)