Shawarma with chicken and Korean carrots

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Shawarma with chicken and Korean carrots
Shawarma with chicken and Korean carrots
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Why do many people love shawarma so much? Because of the filling, of course. And to set off the taste of meat, you need to add Korean carrots. This is the recipe I propose to cook.

Ready shawarma with chicken and Korean carrots
Ready shawarma with chicken and Korean carrots

Recipe content:

  • Ingredients
  • Step by step cooking
  • Video recipe

Shawarma is a dish from Armenia, where it was borrowed from Turkish cuisine. This simple dish is loved by many and is always eaten with pleasure. Food is sold literally at every step, in tents and kiosks. However, the most delicious shawarma is made by yourself at home. Moreover, this process is not complicated at all.

The essence of the recipe is pretty simple. Pre-fried meat with a lot of different vegetables is put into thin pita bread and poured over the sauce! In principle, you can use any filling, but shawarma with chicken breast is the tastiest. Today I decided to make just such a combination - chicken and Korean carrots. The result is very tasty, the dish is hearty and spicy. I suggest you make such a dish, I am sure you will like it very much.

  • Caloric content per 100 g - 181 kcal.
  • Servings - 2
  • Cooking time - 30 minutes
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Ingredients:

  • Lavash - 2 pcs.
  • Chicken thighs - 2 pcs.
  • Korean carrots - 150 g
  • Tomato - 1 pc.
  • Pickled cucumber - 1 pc.
  • Green onions - a couple of feathers
  • Mayonnaise - 2 tablespoons
  • Ketchup - 2 tablespoons
  • Salt - 1/3 tsp
  • Ground pepper - a pinch
  • Vegetable oil - for frying

Cooking shawarma with chicken and Korean carrots

The meat is cut into pieces
The meat is cut into pieces

1. Wash the chicken thighs. Remove the skin from them, separate the meat from the bone and cut it into pieces about 2-3 cm in size. Then wipe dry with a paper towel.

The meat is frying
The meat is frying

2. Put the frying pan on the stove, add vegetable oil and heat well. Put in the meat and make a high heat. Roast the chicken for 5 minutes until it quickly turns brown, which will seal the pieces and keep them juicy. Then reduce the temperature to medium mode, season the meat with salt and ground pepper. Cook them until tender within 10 minutes. Do not overdo it on the stove so that the meat does not get dry.

Tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into half rings, onions are chopped
Tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into half rings, onions are chopped

3. Meanwhile, cut the tomato and cucumber into half rings and finely chop the onions.

Ketchup combined with mayonnaise
Ketchup combined with mayonnaise

4. Combine ketchup with mayonnaise.

Ketchup mixed with mayonnaise
Ketchup mixed with mayonnaise

5. Stir the sauce until smooth.

Meat is laid out on pita bread
Meat is laid out on pita bread

6. Spread the lavash on the table and put the fried meat on it. By the way, the taste of shawarma depends not only on the set of products used, but also on the quality of the lavash. You can buy lavash in a supermarket, or you can bake it yourself. The latter will always taste better. You will find the recipe for making homemade lavash on the pages of our website.

The meat is poured with sauce
The meat is poured with sauce

7. Pour the sauce liberally over the fried meat.

Korean carrots added to the meat
Korean carrots added to the meat

8. Sprinkle generously with Korean carrots on top.

Tomatoes, cucumbers and greens are added to the meat
Tomatoes, cucumbers and greens are added to the meat

9. Place the tomato and cucumber rings around the edges.

Ready snack
Ready snack

10. Roll the pita bread into an envelope and serve. You can also pre-fry it in a grill pan. This will make the appetizer much tastier.

If you want to reduce the calorie content of your dish, you can use sour cream or natural low-fat yogurt instead of mayonnaise. You can also replace chicken thighs, which contain 180 kcal, with breasts (112 kcal). Chicken meat contains 140 kcal.

See also a video recipe on how to cook chicken shawarma at home.

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