Name: Chicken Shawarma Plate
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs; 2 garlic cloves (crushed); 1/2 lemon (juiced); 2 teaspoon cumin powder; 2 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup plain yogurt; 1/2 cup tahini; 1 garlic clove (crushed); 1/2 lemon (juiced); 1/4 teaspoon salt; 4 small cucumbers; 2 large tomatoes; 1/2 small red onion; 1/4 cup packed fresh mint (or 2-3 tablespoons dried mint); 2 lemons (juiced); 1 tablespoon sumac (optional); 1/4 cup olive oil; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 cups cooked rice; Hummus; Fattoush Salad; Tabouli Salad; Batata Harra (Lebanese Spicy Potatoes); Crispy Baked Falafel

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Chicken Shawarma Plate

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Spiced roasted chicken thighs served on a platter with rice, hummus, fresh salads, and a yogurt-tahini sauce. A complete Middle Eastern meal with bright, layered flavors.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

For the Chicken Shawarma:

8boneless skinless chicken thighs
2garlic cloves — crushed
½lemon — juiced
2 tspcumin powder — ground
2 tsppaprika
1 tspcinnamon
¼ tspcayenne pepper
½ tspsalt

For the Yogurt Tahini Sauce:

1 cupplain yogurt
½ cuptahini
1garlic clove — crushed
½lemon — juiced
¼ tspsalt

For the salad:

4small cucumbers
2large tomatoes
½small red onion
¼ cupfresh mint — packed, or dried mint
2lemons — juiced
1 tbspsumac — optional
¼ cupolive oil
¼ tspsalt

Other components:

2 cupscooked rice
Hummus

Other side options:

Fattoush Salad
Tabouli Salad
Batata Harra (Lebanese Spicy Potatoes)
Crispy Baked Falafel

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Method

35m total

Read the method on Hungry PaprikasAmina Al-Saigh’s original page

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