Chicken Shawarma With Yoghurt Marinade

Chicken Shawarma With Yoghurt Marinade
Rotisserie-cooked chicken shawarma, coated in a punchy yoghurt marinade. Pile into flatbreads with salad.  

Ingredients

For the chicken: 

  • 2kg boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 180g Greek yoghurt
  • 60ml olive oil
  • 2 lemons, juiced 
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2.5 tbsp ground cumin
  • 2 tbsp paprika
  • 2 tbsp ground coriander
  • 2 tbsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp allspice
  • 2 tbsp salt

To serve: 

  • 1 cucumber, diced
  • 5 medium-sized tomatoes, diced
  • 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • Fresh coriander, chopped
  • 1 lemon, juiced 
  • ½ tbsp olive oil 
  • ½ tbsp salt 
  • Flatbreads

Method:

  • Combine all of the marinade ingredients in a bowl with the chicken thighs. Mix well and return to the fridge for at least a few hours, but ideally overnight. 
  • Preheat your BBQ to 190 °C, with the rotisserie attachment in place.
  • Skewer your chicken thighs onto the rotisserie spike, making sure you secure the clips at each end tightly. All of the chicken should be tightly pushed together.
  • Cook until the internal temperature of the thighs reaches 85 °C. They are cooked at 74 °C, but they’ll be a lot more tender at 85°C. This usually takes around 2 hours, but use this time as a guide and cook to temperature.
  • Combine all of the salad ingredients in a bowl. Mix well and refrigerate until you’re ready to eat. 
  • Remove the chicken and slice it into pieces. 
  • Add a grill grate to your BBQ and grill your wraps directly over the coals for a couple of minutes to heat.
  • To build your kebab, add a generous amount of chicken and your salad. Trust me, you don’t need any sauce with this one — the flavours are big!

BBQ Jake

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"Jake Meads, AKA BBQ Jake, is a UK BBQ content creator who makes achieving classic barbecue dishes easy — but always outstanding. He's a proud member of the Kamado Joe Firesquad, a Traeger Grills content creator, and an Angus & Oink ambassador."

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