Main Dishes

Shawarma with Chicken

by Editorial Staff

Delicious shawarma can be easily made at home. I offer you a recipe for homemade shawarma with chicken, cabbage, tomatoes and bell peppers.

Summary

Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time35 mins
CourseMain Dish
CuisineMiddle Eastern
Servings (Default: 2)

Shawarma with Chicken Ingredients

  • Thin lavash – 2 pcs.
  • Chicken fillet – 2 pcs.
  • White cabbage – 300 g
  • Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
  • Bulgarian pepper – 1 pc.
  • Bulb onions – 1 pc.
  • Green onions – 3 pcs.
  • Mayonnaise – 3 tbsp
  • Sour cream – 2 tbsp
  • Ketchup – 5 tbsp
  • Garlic – 2 cloves
  • Vinegar 5% – to taste
  • Sugar – 1 pinch
  • Salt – 1 pinch
  • Black pepper – 1 pinch
  • Vegetable oil – for frying

Shawarma with Chicken

Shawarma with Chicken Instructions

  1. We prepare the necessary products for shawarma.
  2. Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces (cubes). Salt, pepper and stir
  3. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Fry the chicken fillet until tender, about 15 minutes.
    Shawarma with Chicken step 3
  4. Peel the onions and cut into thin half rings. Chop the green onion finely.
  5. Peel the bell peppers and cut them into thin strips.
  6. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
  7. Chop the cabbage finely. Sprinkle with salt, sugar and drizzle with vinegar. Stir the cabbage and crush it with your hands a little.
  8. We combine cabbage, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions and green onions. We mix.
  9. Cooking the sauce. To do this, mix mayonnaise, sour cream, ketchup and chopped garlic. Salt and pepper to taste. We mix.
  10. We form shawarma. We cut the pita bread into two parts.
  11. Put the fried chicken pieces on the edge of the pita bread, pour over the sauce (about 2-3 tablespoons).
  12. Put vegetables on meat and sauce.
  13. We wrap the longitudinal edges of the pita bread on the filling and roll the pita bread with the filling into a roll (envelope). We do the same with the rest of the lavash sheets.
    Shawarma with Chicken step 13
  14. Fry shawarma with chicken in a pan (in oil) on both sides until golden brown.
  15. Serve homemade chicken shawarma hot.

Enjoy your meal!

Editorial Staff

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