MainsOctober 16, 2016

Chicken Shawarma

Name: Chicken Shawarma
Ingredients: 1 tbs graunlated garlic; 1 tbs ground cumin; 1 tbs paprika; 1 tsp tumeric; 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp aleppo pepper; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2 tbs canola oil; 2 tbs kosher salt; 1 lemon, juiced; 2 medium red onions, sliced; 2 lb chicken thighs cut half

Just as tasty as street meat, with less bacteria!

Props

The original source of this comes from the NYT, whose cooking site is the best on the interwebs.

Mise en Place

Spices

1 tbsgraunlated garlic
1 tbsground cumin
1 tbspaprika
1 tsptumeric
1/4 tspground cinnamon
2 tspaleppo pepper

Staples

1/2 cupolive oil
2 tbscanola oil
2 tbskosher salt

Veggies

1lemon, juiced
2 mediumred onions, sliced

Meat

2 lbchicken thighs cut half

Equipment

oven, at 425
1large bowl
1sheet pan
1cast iron skillet

Directions

combine lemon juice, olive oil, spices, and salt in bowl
add chicken and onions to bowl, toss, and let sit for one hour (or more in fridge)
place marinated chicken and onion on sheet pan
roast chicken in onion 30 minutes
when done, evac chicken and heat skillet on medium hot
using tongs to hold hot chicken, slice in to strips
add oil to skillet, then chicken and onions. Sear it till you get some browning
evac to platter and serve with tatziki, pita, rice, cucumber, tomato, or just eat it.

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