Saudi Arabia

Chicken Shawarma with homemade garlic herb yoghurt sauce

Name: Chicken Shawarma with homemade garlic herb yoghurt sauce
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 22 min
Total time: 1 h 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Saudi Arabia
Ingredients: 1kg Chicken Breast; 2 cloves minced cloves Garlic; 1 tblsp Ground Coriander; 1 tblsp Ground Cumin; 1 tblsp Ground Cardomom; 1 tsp tsp Cayenne Pepper; 2 tsp tsp Smoked Paprika; 2 tsp tsp Salt; 2 tblsp Lemon Juice; 3 tablespoons tablespoons Olive Oil; 1 cup cup Greek Yogurt; 1 clove peeled crushed clove Garlic; 1 tsp tsp Cumin; Splash Lemon Juice

1 Start by cutting your chicken up into reasonably small slices. Grab your ziplock bag and dump the freshly sliced chicken inside. 2 Add garlic, coriander, cumin, cardomom, cayenne pepper, paprika…

Be the first to review this

By CookInstruction Kitchen Published 3 Sep 2026 Updated 11 Oct 2026 Updated Updated yesterday

Prep: 35 min
Cook: 1 hr 22 min
Total: 1 hr 57 min
Servings: 4
Difficulty: Medium

Timings are approximate — worked out from the method, not measured in a test kitchen.

Watch

Ingredients

1 kg Chicken Breast

2 cloves minced Garlic

1 tblsp Ground Coriander

1 tblsp Ground Cumin

1 tblsp Ground Cardomom

1 tsp Cayenne Pepper

2 tsp Smoked Paprika

2 tsp Salt

2 tblsp Lemon Juice

3 tablespoons Olive Oil

1 cup Greek Yogurt

1 clove peeled crushed Garlic

1 tsp Cumin

Splash Lemon Juice

Quantities scale automatically with servings. Tap an ingredient to check it off as you go.

Cooking instructions

Start by cutting your chicken up

Start by cutting your chicken up into reasonably small slices. Grab your ziplock bag and dump the freshly sliced chicken inside.

Add garlic, coriander, cumin, cardomom, cayenne

Add garlic, coriander, cumin, cardomom, cayenne pepper, paprika, salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil to the bag. Close the bag and mix thoroughly. Place in fridge for 10-12 hours (shorter is fine but longer is better).

Once ready to cook, heat your

Once ready to cook, heat your fry pan to medium-high and add a tiny bit of olive oil. Fry one side of all of your flatbreads until slightly toasty. Remove from pan, add enough oil to coat the fry pan. Put crumble fries into air fryer on 180 for 15 minutes shaking occasionally.

The pan should be pretty hot

The pan should be pretty hot by now, add the chicken in 2 batches (unless you have a big fry pan) to avoid overcrowding. The chicken should get a nice sear and darker colour which is perfect. Cook for a further 5-8 minutes or until cooked through. Repeat with next chicken batch.

While chicken is cooking, place your

While chicken is cooking, place your Greek yoghurt into a bowl. Combine garlic, finely chopped mint and parsley, squeeze or so of lemon and cumin. Combine and add salt to taste. In a small bowl, combine 1tsp garlic powder, paprika, cumin, onion powder, oregano, dried parsley, cayenne pepper (optional) mix and leave aside for fries.

Season fries immediately once cooked and

Season fries immediately once cooked and add salt to taste. Once the chicken is complete, serve immediately by laying out your flatbread, spreading the sauce evenly over the bread, add lettuce, onion, tomato, fries, chicken, feta and more sauce on top. Serve immediately.

Tagged: Kebab

Recipe data from TheMealDB (themealdb.com) · Original source

Read it through first

Skim all 6 steps before you start — it is the difference between cooking and firefighting.

Scale it

Use the servings stepper above the ingredients and every quantity adjusts. Cooking times stay roughly the same.

Storage

Cool completely, then keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.

Reheating

Reheat gently with a splash of water in a covered pan, rather than blasting it, so nothing dries out.

Reviews

0.0

0 reviews

No reviews yet. If you cook this, come back and tell everyone how it went.