Beef / Pork

Chicken Shawarma is for Sandwich.

Chicken Shawarma takes 45 minutes to prepare.

Chicken Shawarma takes several minutes to cook.

Chicken Shawarma makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Chicken Shawarma are:

Chicken "marinade"
2 TBS lemon juice
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb skinless, boneless, chicken breast cut into 16 3 inch strips

Sauce:
1/2 cup plain reduced fat yogurt
2 TBS tahini
2 2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt (IF DESIRED, NOT FIGURED INTO THE NUTRITION INFORMATION BECAUSE I DO NOT USE SALT)
1 garlic clove, minced

4-6 inch pitas opened out
1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
8 1/4 inch thick tomato slices.
onion slices if desired.
Kebab skewers

Here is how you make Chicken Shawarma:

Preheat grill to medium high heatMix chicken with first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl, toss well to coat.Let stand at room temp 20 minutes.To prepare sauce, combine yogurt, tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt (IF DESIRED), stirring with a whiskKebab style:Place 2 chicken strips on each of 8 skewers, place kebabs on a grill rach coated with cooking spray; grill 4 minutes on each side or until done.Stove method:Spray nonstick skillet with cooking spray, heat over medium heat. Add chicken pieces and saute or stir fry style until done.Carefully open up pita so you have 2 halves. Top each with 1/4 cup lettuce, 2 tomato slices, then 4 chicken pieces. Add sliced onion if desired. Drizzle with prepared sauce and hot sauce if desired.Carefully fold other 1/2 pita over mixture and roll up "burrito" style.Serving Size: Makes 4-5 pita roll upsNumber of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RD03875.

The nutritional information for Chicken Shawarma is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 323.0

• Total Fat: 8.1 g
• Cholesterol: 54.1 mg
• Sodium: 362.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 35.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.2 g
• Protein: 29.1 g