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Chicken Shawarmas Recipe

Recipe by: Luke Summers

"These taste exactly like the ones we used to get at the shawarma stand when I was stationed at Kuwaiti Naval Base, just outside Kuwait City. Give 'em a try, you won't be sorry!"
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  • Directions
  • Ingredients
  • Nutrition
Directions
  • Prep15 m
  • Cook10 m
  • Ready In25 m
  • 1Stir together the garlic and mayonnaise in a small bowl; set aside. Heat the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the chicken in the hot butter until white on the outside. Sprinkle with garam masala, and continue cooking until lightly browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center, about 4 minutes.
  • 2Spread the pita rounds with the garlic mayonnaise. Divide the chicken among the pitas, and place a pickle spear into each. Fold and serve.
Footnotes
  • Cook's Note
  • Steaming or wrapping pita bread in wet paper towel and warming in microwave with help the pitas to not break apart on you.
  • Tip
  • Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.
Ingredients
  • 4 servings
  • 516 cals
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala
  • 4 pita bread rounds
  • 4 dill pickle spears
Nutrition

Amount per serving ( 5 total)

  • Calories:
    516
    26%
  • Fat:
    29.8
    46%
  • Carbs:
    29.7
    10%
  • Protein:
    31.2
    62%
  • Cholesterol:
    92
    31%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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