How to make Spicy Chicken Shawarma at home. With pita bread, shepherd’s salad and tahini sauce.

This is a real treat if you like spicy, full aromatic Chicken Shawarma.

Ingredients:

1 kg chicken thigh meat (2.2 lb)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Baharat mix (see below)
1.5 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp chili flakes (if you like it hot)
2 tsp pomegranate molasse
1 tsp grinded pepper
2 tbs olive oil
2 onions
2 cloves of garlic

Baharat mix, is used in the Middle-Eastern cuisine. Similar to the Lebanese 7 spice, it is a mix that you can buy or make yourself. My personal baharat mix contains:
5 tsp paprika powder, 2 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp coriander seeds, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 0,5 tsp nutmeg, 0,5 tsp clove, 0,5 tsp cardamom.

Method:
Mix the spices with the meat and let it marinade for at least an hour.
Slice the onions and garlic, cook them on slow heat, until golden brown. Remove it from the pan and start cooking the meat on high heat. Cook in 3 or 4 portions. This is to seal the meat quickly and keep the juices inside. When the last portion is ready, return all the cooked meat and onions back into the pan and heat it up.

Shepherd’s salad
This is just a simple salad with very fine chopped cucumber, tomatoes, onion and bell pepper and a lot of flat leaf parsley.
Dressing: olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt and pepper.

Tahini sauce
Also very simple and you can use it for all kind of dishes or as a dip .
Mix 1 cup of Greek yogurt, 2 tbs of tahini , 1 tbs of lemon juice.
You can add garlic and salt but for this spicy shawarma is balances better without the salt and garlic.

For the Pita bread, check my video: https://youtu.be/mUm_0vPj5bI

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