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Chicken Shawarma with Yogurt Sauce

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Chicken Shawarma with Yogurt Sauce

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By eatingwell.com

Chicken Shawarma with Yogurt Sauce

Prep:35min

In this healthy recipe, the key to cooking juicy chicken without a spit is high heat and dark meat. The yogurt in the marinade gives the chicken both its tender texture and its alluring char. More yogurt in the sauce, along with crunchy cucumbers and herbs, keeps the flavors bright.

Updated at: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:41:02 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

¾ cupwhole-milk plain yogurt

2 tablespoonslemon juice

3 clovesgarlic

pressed or finely grated, divided

2 teaspoonsground coriander

2 teaspoonsground cumin

1 teaspoonground allspice

1 teaspoonground pepper

1 teaspoonkosher salt

½ teaspoonground turmeric

2 poundsboneless skinless chicken thighs

½ cupcucumber

finely chopped seeded

2 tablespoonsfresh mint

chopped, or parsley

3whole-wheat lavash

sliced, for serving

Instructions

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Notes

4 liked

2 disliked

Easy

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Makes leftovers

Delicious

Under 30 minutes

Clare Watson· 4 months ago

Super delicious but needed lots of chilli. Next time add 1tsp of Kashmir chilli to the chicken marinade. Also yum with just lettuce no bread.

GingerAndNutmeg Ahhh· last year

Makes leftovers

used Persian cukes. sliced some to put in the lavash sandwich, along with the lettuce, tomato and other items.

Marla Hoggard· last year

Makes leftovers

Under 30 minutes

Easy weeknight meal. It came out great and we made extra to have for lunch! We served it wrapped in Stonefire Naan with cucumber, greens and feta. We made a slightly different yogurt sauce from another recipe but followed the marinade to a T. The amount of marinade seemed a bit low for the 2 lbs of chicken the recipe called for but it was perfect for 4 boneless thighs (1.25 lbs). Also the cooking time was way off. We baked it for 10 minutes then broiled for 4.

Easy weeknight meal. It came out great and we made extra to have for lunch! We served it wrapped in Stonefire Naan with cucumber, greens and feta. We made a slightly different yogurt sauce from another recipe but followed the marinade to a T. The amount of marinade seemed a bit low for the 2 lbs of chicken the recipe called for but it was perfect for 4 boneless thighs (1.25 lbs). Also the cooking time was way off. We baked it for 10 minutes then broiled for 4.

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