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Chicken Shawarma Pitta Breads Recipe

Savor spicy chicken shawarma pitas featuring roasted, marinated chicken thighs infused with garlic, lemon, paprika, cumin, and coriander. Served in warm toasted pita bread with a tangy lemon crème fraîche sauce, accompanied by green olives and a fresh green salad dressed with chili, coriander, and lemon.
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Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Chicken

  • 4 portions chicken thighs
  • 1 whole red onions
  • 30 grams pitted green olives

Marinade

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
  • 0.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 0.5 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 whole lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • salt (to taste)
  • 0.5 tsp turmeric

Salad

  • 100 grams lettuce
  • 1 whole spring onions

Crème fraiche

  • 100 ml crème fraiche
  • 0.5 whole lemon

Bread

  • 4 single pitta bread

Instructions
 

  • squeeze the lemon(s) . peel and crush the garlic using the garlic crusher or chop finely, mix together the marinade ingredients in the rectangular pie dish
  • peel the red onion(s), chop in half cut each half into thin slices, place the chicken in the marinade, add the onions, cover with cling film, refrigerate for at least two hours preferably overnight
  • Take the chicken out of the fridge, set the oven to 220C 425F or gas mark 7, line baking tray with greaseproof paper, place the chicken on the baking tray, add the remaining marinade, place in the oven, cook for 30 mins, cook till the juices run clear
  • while the chicken is cooking
  • zest the lemon(s), squeeze t, he lemon(s) . add the creme fraiche to the bowl, add the zest and juice to the bowl, stir to mix the ingredients, set a side, Refrigerate
  • check the meat in the oven add a spot of boiled water to the baking tray if the sauce is drying out
  • wash and chop the lettuce, wash and finely slice the spring onions, stir to mix the ingredients
  • remove the meat from the oven, shred the meat using two forks
  • remove any fat from the top of the sauce, place sauce in jug, chop the olives
  • place the pitta breads under the grill or toaster heat through but do not brown. cut the pitta breads open length wise
  • add the salad leaves to the pitta, lay the chicken on the top, add the chicken sauce, sprinkle the olives on top, add the lemon crème fraiche, serve immediately
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