Chicken Shawarma


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 172.0
  • Total Fat: 4.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 76.0 mg
  • Sodium: 522.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 1.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
  • Protein: 30.5 g

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Introduction

This recipee comes from the July 2008 Cooking Light; they say "Shawarma is a Middle Eastern dish of garlicky meat or poultry served on pitas." This recipee comes from the July 2008 Cooking Light; they say "Shawarma is a Middle Eastern dish of garlicky meat or poultry served on pitas."
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    2 Tbls fresh lemon juice
    1 tsp curry powder
    2 tsp olive oil
    3/4 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp cumin
    3 garlic cloves minced
    1 lb skinless boneless chicken breasts cut into 16 strips

Directions

Combine all the seasoning in a large bowl (ziplock bag). Add chicken; toss well to coat. Let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes (I put mine in the fridge for about 2 hours because I was getting everything ready early)
Cook chicken (grilled or in a pan on the stove) until done, about 4 minutes per side

This makes 4 servings and is good on pita bread or over a lettuce salad. You can also make a sauce/dressing with lemon juice, garlic, Fat Free Greek Yogurt, salt and tahini. Play around with the proportions until you get the consitancy you like. Go light on the tahini as it is LOTS of calories, but really good.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JANELLEI.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    VERY flavorful. Will make this again. - 8/31/19


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    yum - 8/17/19


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    this sounds very good. I will try it. - 6/29/18


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    Incredible!
    Very tasty. It didn't taste like any schwarma I've had before but I still found it very good. Flavorful and fragrant. Served with brown rice. - 4/18/11


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    Very Good
    Pretty good... the curry was a little overpowering- I've never had schwarma with so much curry taste to it. Anyway, I put it on pita thins with hummus and ate it at a sandwich. Pretty good! - 1/17/10