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Middle Eastern Food, Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipes

Shawarma is a meat sandwich eaten by people in the Middle East. It is served in round Arabic bread with meat and vegetables, with some spice or sauce of choice, in it. Normally, the meat can either be lamb, beef, turkey, or chicken. Shawarma can also be spelled chawarma, shwarma, shawerma, or shoarmais.

1. Shawarma Djaj - Chicken Shawarma (Lebanon - Middle East)

This recipe comes from the 2002 cookbook, Mediterranean Street Food. Preparation time does not include the 3 hours needed for the chicken breasts to marinate.

pita bread stuffed with Shawarma Djaj, sauce and pickles in a serving dish

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2. Chicken Shawarma for Two

Shawarma is a Middle Eastern sandwich made with sliced seasoned meat. This recipe for two features chicken, along with a cucumber-yogurt sauce, fresh tomato and crunchy romaine lettuce.


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3. Chicken Shawarma Wrap

To make the traditional Middle Eastern shawarma sandwich, marinated pieces of meat are pressed, stacked on a vertical rotisserie and cooked slowly. The juicy cooked meat is then shaved off and made into a sandwich with yogurt, tomatoes and lettuce. I improvised by stacking my chicken vertically on a skewer and simply placing it directly on the grill. Yield is 6 servings.


Chicken Shawarma saj bread Wrap and shawarma sauce in a serving dish

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4. Spicy Chicken Shawarma

This chicken shawarma is a Middle Eastern version of a gyro and features thin slices of chicken mixed with yogurt and wrapped in pita bread spread with a tahini mixture. The sandwiches are then topped with fresh cucumber, tomato and onion.

Chicken Shawarma pita bread sandwich in serving dish garnished with grapes

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5. Chicken shawarma in pita bread

Chicken shawarma is extremely popular healthy and very flavorful. As an appetizer, it is served on top of hummus, with pita bread for dipping. As a meal, it is served as a sandwich, stuffed in pita bread with lettuce,tomatoes, onions, pickles, beets, and tahini. Chicken shawarma is served in most Lebanese, Syrian, and Jordanian restaurants.


Chicken shawarma pita bread sandwich in a serving dish

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6. Chicken Shawarma Salad

I recommend using chicken thighs for this chicken shawarma salad. They just taste so much better and never seem to dry out on the grill. Always juicy! Of course, you could just wrap everything up in a big pita or naan bread like my husband does, but then it wouldn’t technically be a salad. You pick, it’s all good!

Chicken Shawarma Salad Bowl

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7. Middle Eastern Poutine with Shawarma Chicken

Robust spices and ingredients come together for a twist on classic Canadian poutine. Shawarma chicken, eggplant, vibrant toppings and a spiced gravy gives plain baked French fries a delicious lift.

Middle Eastern Poutine with Shawarma Chicken in a bowl


8. Slow Cooker Chicken Shawarma Pitas

Slow Cooker Chicken Shawarma Pitas with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce are so healthy and easy to make, you will be making this chicken dinner recipe again and again!

Chicken Shawarma in Pitas Pockets with Cucumber Laban, tomato and onion slices


9. Fatet Shawarma

Enjoy one of the most delicious Shawarma dishes. It is called "Fatet shawarma".  All family members will love it. It's most famous in Syria and the Levant Arab.

Fatet Shawarma in a serving dish garnished with parsley, fried pine and sumac

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