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Super Easy Chicken Shawarma & Garlic Toum

This is such a good way to cook shawarma at home. Cooking it vertically means the edges get beautifully charred while the meat bastes itself as it cooks. You can go big on spices like smoked paprika, chilli, garam masala but I’ve kept it simple with a Baharat spice blend. The real star of the show, though, is the toum. A sauce made almost entirely from garlic, whipped into something creamy, punchy and completely addictive. Just no kissing afterwards.

Prep

20m

Cook

1h 20m

Total

1h 40m

Ingredients

Method

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1.

Mix the garlic, lemon juice, yoghurt, olive oil, vinegar and baharat into a marinade. Coat the chicken thighs, cover and marinate at least 4 hours or overnight.

6 Garlic cloves

2 Lemon

150 g Full-fat Greek yoghurt

3 tbsp Olive oil

2 tbsp White wine vinegar

3 tbsp Baharat spice mix

2 kg Boneless, skinless chicken thighs

2.

Heat oven to 180C. Thread the chicken tightly onto a tall skewer anchored in a roasting tin with a halved onion or potato at the base.

3.

Roast for about 60 minutes until the fat has rendered, basting every 20 minutes.

4.

Turn oven up to 220°C and roast another 10-15 minutes until the outside is well charred and crisp.

5.

Rest 15 minutes, then shave off thin slices.

For the garlic sauce:

1.

Blitz the cloves with salt in a food processor until fine.

8-10 Garlic cloves

1 tsp Salt

2.

Drizzle in the oil very slowly in a thin stream while blending, alternating with splashes of lemon juice and cold water, until it turns thick, white and fluffy.

250 ml Neutral oil

1 Lemon

1-2 tbsp Ice-cold water

3.

Mix cucumber with red onion, lemon, olive oil, sumac and salt until sharp and bright.

1 Cucumber

1 Red onion

1 Lemon

2 tbsp Olive oil

1/2 tsp Sumac

Salt

4.

Spread a flatbread, load with shawarma chicken, add a spoon of cucumber salad, drizzle with garlic sauce, scatter parsley and wrap tight.

Flatbreads

Fresh parsley

For

8

M

I

For the chicken

2

kg

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs

6

Garlic cloves, minced

2

Lemon, juice of

150

g

Full-fat Greek yoghurt

3

tbsp

Olive oil

2

tbsp

White wine vinegar

3

tbsp

Baharat spice mix

2

tsp

Salt

1

tsp

Black pepper

For the garlic sauce (toum)

8-10

Garlic cloves, peeled

1

tsp

Salt

250

ml

Neutral oil, sunflower or rapeseed

1

Lemon, juice of

1-2

tbsp

Ice-cold water

For the cucumber salad

1

Cucumber, deseeded and diced

1

Red onion, small, finely sliced

1

Lemon, juice of

2

tbsp

Olive oil

1/2

tsp

Sumac

Salt, to taste

Fresh parsley, chopped

To build

Pickles

Flatbreads

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Super Easy Chicken Shawarma & Garlic Toum

This is such a good way to cook shawarma at home. Cooking it vertically means the edges get beautifully charred while the meat bastes itself as it cooks. You can go big on spices like smoked paprika, chilli, garam masala but I’ve kept it simple with a Baharat spice blend. The real star of the show, though, is the toum. A sauce made almost entirely from garlic, whipped into something creamy, punchy and completely addictive. Just no kissing afterwards.

Prep

20m

Cook

1h 20m

Total

1h 40m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

1.

Mix the garlic, lemon juice, yoghurt, olive oil, vinegar and baharat into a marinade. Coat the chicken thighs, cover and marinate at least 4 hours or overnight.

6 Garlic cloves

2 Lemon

150 g Full-fat Greek yoghurt

3 tbsp Olive oil

2 tbsp White wine vinegar

3 tbsp Baharat spice mix

2 kg Boneless, skinless chicken thighs

2.

Heat oven to 180C. Thread the chicken tightly onto a tall skewer anchored in a roasting tin with a halved onion or potato at the base.

3.

Roast for about 60 minutes until the fat has rendered, basting every 20 minutes.

4.

Turn oven up to 220°C and roast another 10-15 minutes until the outside is well charred and crisp.

5.

Rest 15 minutes, then shave off thin slices.

For the garlic sauce:

1.

Blitz the cloves with salt in a food processor until fine.

8-10 Garlic cloves

1 tsp Salt

2.

Drizzle in the oil very slowly in a thin stream while blending, alternating with splashes of lemon juice and cold water, until it turns thick, white and fluffy.

250 ml Neutral oil

1 Lemon

1-2 tbsp Ice-cold water

3.

Mix cucumber with red onion, lemon, olive oil, sumac and salt until sharp and bright.

1 Cucumber

1 Red onion

1 Lemon

2 tbsp Olive oil

1/2 tsp Sumac

Salt

4.

Spread a flatbread, load with shawarma chicken, add a spoon of cucumber salad, drizzle with garlic sauce, scatter parsley and wrap tight.

Flatbreads

Fresh parsley

For

8

M

I

For the chicken

2

kg

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs

6

Garlic cloves, minced

2

Lemon, juice of

150

g

Full-fat Greek yoghurt

3

tbsp

Olive oil

2

tbsp

White wine vinegar

3

tbsp

Baharat spice mix

2

tsp

Salt

1

tsp

Black pepper

For the garlic sauce (toum)

8-10

Garlic cloves, peeled

1

tsp

Salt

250

ml

Neutral oil, sunflower or rapeseed

1

Lemon, juice of

1-2

tbsp

Ice-cold water

For the cucumber salad

1

Cucumber, deseeded and diced

1

Red onion, small, finely sliced

1

Lemon, juice of

2

tbsp

Olive oil

1/2

tsp

Sumac

Salt, to taste

Fresh parsley, chopped

To build

Pickles

Flatbreads

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