HIGH PROTEIN CHICKEN SHAWARMA

Name: HIGH PROTEIN CHICKEN SHAWARMA
Prep time: 40 h
Cook time: 50 h
Total time: 90 h
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2,5 lbs boneless chicken thighs; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 large thinly sliced red onion; 4 pinches salt; pepper; 2 tbsp yogurt; juice of 1/2 large lemon; 1 tbsp thyme; 1.5tbsp garlic powder; 1 tbsp smoked paprika; 1/2 tbsp Aleppo pepper, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cardamom, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp nutmeg; 1 yellow onion; 2-3 tbsp finely chopped parsley; 1/4 cup white vinegar, 3 generous pinches salt, and 2 tsp chili flakes

4 steps

Prep:40hCook:50h

Ridiculously good food thats healthy, high protein, and lowcarb, try making my homemade chicken shawarma bowls. The seasonings are ideal, but if you don’t have cardamom or nutmeg, its all good! Feel free to adjust.

Updated at: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:22:36 GMT

Ingredients

5 servings

2.5 lbsboneless chicken thighs

2 Tbspolive oil

0.5red onion

large, thinly sliced

4 pinchessalt

pepper

2 Tbspyogurt

0.5juice of lemon

large

1 Tbspthyme

1 ½ Tbspgarlic powder

1 Tbspsmoked paprika

½ TbspAleppo pepper

½ tspcayenne pepper

½ tspturmeric

½ tspcumin

½ tspcardamom

½ tspcinnamon

⅛ tspnutmeg

Add on - Pickled onions

1yellow onion

2 Tbspparsley

finely chopped

¼ cupwhite vinegar

3 pinchessalt

generous

2 tspchili flakes

Instructions

Step 1

Add 2.5 lbs boneless chicken thighs to a bowl. Add 2 tbsp olive oil, 3-4 pinches salt, fresh cracked pepper, 2 tbsp plain yogurt, the juice of 1/2 large lemon. Then add 1 tbsp thyme, 1.5tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 1/2 tbsp Aleppo pepper, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp turmeric, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cardamom, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp nutmeg. These seasonings are ideal, but if you don’t have cardamom or nutmeg, its all good! Feel free to adjust.

Step 2

Mix well, then add 1/2 large thinly sliced red onion and mix it in with the chicken. Let this marinate for 2-6 hours (or overnight), but if you want to make it right away, you can.

Step 3

Preheat your oven to 200 Celsius (400F) then pack the marinated chicken tightly into a bread loaf pan or small ovendish. Bake for 50-60 mins.