Millions of people in Nigeria adore shawarma. It is a very popular street meal in the whole world. It is usually prepared from lamb, veal, turkey, chicken, beef, and a combination of these meats. How to make shawarma at home? Continue reading the article to get the most famous shawarma recipe in Nigeria.
How to make shawarma?
Shawarma is a traditional Turkish and Iran street meal, which has already become very popular on the whole planet. Nigeria is not an exception. Shawarma can be served as a sandwich or wrap, or on a plate. This dish is often eaten with fattoush, tabbouleh, tomato, and cucumber. Among the most popular toppings, there are tahini sauce, pickled turnips, hummus, etc.
How to make shawarma?
Nigerians like plenty of shawarma recipes. However, today we are going to share one of the most popular shawarma recipes in Nigeria. We are going to make chicken shawarma.
To make chicken shawarma, you will need the following ingredients:
- Garlic powder – 1/2 tablespoon
- Olive oil – 2 tablespoon
- Nutmeg – 1/4 tablespoon
- Cinnamon – 1/2 tablespoon
- Cardamom – 1 tablespoon
- Paprika – 1 tablespoon
- Salt – 1 tablespoon
- Boneless skinless stripped chicken – 1 kilogram
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How to make shawarma sauce?
First, you make shawarma sauce. The tahini sauce suits the best for the traditional chicken shawarma.
Ingredients:
- Two medium garlic cloves
- Two tablespoons of lemon juice
- Milk yogurt
- Salt
- ½ cup of tahini
- Two tablespoons of olive oil
It is easy to make the tahini sauce. You need to mix garlic with lemon juice in a medium bowl. Then let it sit for above five minutes. After it, blend the tahini, yogurt, olive oil, and a teaspoon of salt until the mixture is smooth enough.
How to make shawarma?
Cooking tip! You can easily make the tahini sauce two days beforehand. Just store it in the fridge until you need it.
How to make shawarma bread?
The shawarma is unimaginable without bread. Use yufka, marfouk, pita, or a flour tortilla for a shawarma. If you have prepared shawarma flatbreads beforehand, you should warm them for 1-2 minutes in a deep skillet over medium heat. Do this just after you have finished cooking your meat so that you can place your chicken into a quite hot shawarma.
How to make shawarma?
Cooking tip! Having added the tahini sauce, chicken and cabbage to the shawarma, cook it for about three minutes in a skillet to get it brown and to seal the ingredients together.
The process of making traditional chicken shawarma
Mix the spices in a bowl. You would better take advantage of a medium-sized bowl for mixing paprika, the garlic
How to make shawarma?
Add chicken strips to the mixed spices and toss them until they have been covered with the spice mixture on each side. After it, take a bit of olive oil and drizzle them. Then toss them again to make sure that they are coated in both spice mixture and the olive oil.
How to make shawarma?
Heat the grill. When your grill is heated, put a piece of aluminum foil on the grill with the greased side up.
How to make shawarma?
Put the chicken onto the foil. While cooking, please do not forget to turn the chicken over for several times.
How to make shawarma?
Take the chicken from the grill. Place it on a dish before you can start making your shawarma.
How to make shawarma?
Wrap your chicken in the flatbread with the other ingredients. In this case, you can already add the tahini sauce or such other ingredients as pickled cabbage, onion, lettuce, hummus, etc.
How to make shawarma?
First, place your chicken on the bread and add other toppings. Please note that the shawarma sauce should be poured last. Finally, wrap the bread like a burrito, leaving an inch of space between the ingredients and the top of the bread.
Now your amazing chicken shawarma is ready!
There is another popular recipe on how to make chawarma at home. Watch the video below:
Conclusion
Now you know how to make shawarma. There are many recipes for preparing ingredients, sauce, and bread for traditional Nigerian shawarma. If you know interesting and tasty ones, please, share them in the comments below.
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