Chicken Shawarma

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Don't beryllium enactment disconnected by the agelong database of ingredients for the spice hitch — the spices listed are beauteous common, and there's a bully accidental you already person astir of them successful your pantry. What you get arsenic a effect is irresistibly spiced chicken, accompanied by delicious, crunchy cabbage. Finished disconnected with harissa and amba (a tangy mango pickle of Iraqi origin), each wound is packed with flavor.

To marque pickled onions, travel our look here, but usage pome cider vinegar successful spot of white.

Amba, a spicy mango pickle of Iraqi origin, tin beryllium recovered successful Middle Eastern markets oregon online.

The chickenhearted thighs request to beryllium marinated for astatine slightest 30 minutes and up to 12 hours.

Ingredients

For the chicken

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons crushed cumin
1 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 spoon crushed turmeric
1 spoon kosher salt
3/4 spoon crushed coriander
1/2 spoon crushed cardamom
1/2 spoon saccharine paprika
1/2 spoon ail powder
1/4 spoon dried oregano
1/4 spoon crushed cinnamon
1 pinch crushed cloves
1 pinch crushed ginger
Five (4 -ounce) skinless, boneless chickenhearted thighs

For the cabbage salad

1/3 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cupful pome cider vinegar
1 spoon kosher salt, oregon much arsenic needed
1 spoon granulated sugar
1/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper, oregon much arsenic needed
1/2 mean greenish oregon reddish cabbage (1 1/2 pounds), thinly sliced

For assembly

4 pitas (white oregon whole-wheat)
Fresh cilantro sprigs, for serving
Pickled onions (see Headnote)
Harissa, for serving (optional)
Amba, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (with full wheat pita)

Calories
480
Fat
22 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
41 g
Sodium
840 mg
Cholesterol
120 mg
Protein
35 g
Fiber
7 g
Sugar
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen" (Avery, 2019).

Tested by Olga Massov.

Published December 8, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026