Shawarma and the Avengers
Oct. 11th, 2015 12:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseShawn rarely likes to go to movie theaters any more. Mostly, because of the crowds, but also because the convenience of the small screen. You have have bathroom breaks without missing anything. Sit on your own couch and only be interrupted by the annoying comments of the people you love. I ended up seeing Avengers, Age of Ultron in the theater with my Marvel friends, but it recently was released to DVD, which means: time to watch it again with the family.
If you're going to watch Avengers, it seems only right that you serve shawarma.
Now, I've never had shawarma before, so I have no idea how this recipe Shawn found actually compares, but my family LOVED it. The original his here: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-chicken-shawarma, but I made a few changes so I thought I'll write them out here.
We've been on a budget lately, so the first big change was that I what I had for chicken was some skin-on, bone-in breasts that had been on sale. I cooked them up ahead of time in a pot with some onions and garlic and kosher salt until tender enough to pull apart with a fork.
Then I mostly followed the recipe, except where I didn't have what was called for.
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Ingredients:
2 tablespoons, finely chopped fresh parsley (check, got some from the garden)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon of cumin
1/8 teaspoon of ground coriander (nope, didn't have, so I substituted a dash of Penzey's Balti Seasoning, because the first ingredient listed was coriander.)
5 tablespoons of low-fat Greek-style yogurt
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
3 garlic cloves minced
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (see above)
1 tablespoon tahini (believe it or not, we usually have this around because we've been known to make our own hummus from scratch. But, since I didn't have it, I ended up skipping making the sauce entirely.)
4 (6-inch) pita's halved
1/2 cup chopped cucumber (Mason isn't fond, so I stuffed his pita with lettuce)
1/2 cup chopped plum tomato (skipped because everyone in our house hates tomatoes)
1/4 cup pre chopped red onion (used white, because we had it to hand)
Preparation:
Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in 1 tablespoon of yogurt, 1 tablespoon of juice, and two garlic cloves. Add chicken; toss to coat. Heat oil on a large non-stick skillet (I just always use our cast iron) over medium-high heat (which I actually adjusted down to low to compensate for cast iron and also, I hate the taste of burnt garlic and since the chicken was pre-cooked all I needed was to have things at sauté temperature.) Add chicken mixture to pan, cook until browned and done.
As noted we skipped the sauce. If you want it, you can go to the original recipe and follow the directions there.
Divide chicken evenly among pita halves. Fill each pita half with cucumber/lettuce/onion.
Serve.
....And feel very Avenger like while watching Avengers.
If you're going to watch Avengers, it seems only right that you serve shawarma.
Now, I've never had shawarma before, so I have no idea how this recipe Shawn found actually compares, but my family LOVED it. The original his here: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-chicken-shawarma, but I made a few changes so I thought I'll write them out here.
We've been on a budget lately, so the first big change was that I what I had for chicken was some skin-on, bone-in breasts that had been on sale. I cooked them up ahead of time in a pot with some onions and garlic and kosher salt until tender enough to pull apart with a fork.
Then I mostly followed the recipe, except where I didn't have what was called for.
---
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons, finely chopped fresh parsley (check, got some from the garden)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon of cumin
1/8 teaspoon of ground coriander (nope, didn't have, so I substituted a dash of Penzey's Balti Seasoning, because the first ingredient listed was coriander.)
5 tablespoons of low-fat Greek-style yogurt
2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
3 garlic cloves minced
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (see above)
1 tablespoon tahini (believe it or not, we usually have this around because we've been known to make our own hummus from scratch. But, since I didn't have it, I ended up skipping making the sauce entirely.)
4 (6-inch) pita's halved
1/2 cup chopped cucumber (Mason isn't fond, so I stuffed his pita with lettuce)
1/2 cup chopped plum tomato (skipped because everyone in our house hates tomatoes)
1/4 cup pre chopped red onion (used white, because we had it to hand)
Preparation:
Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in 1 tablespoon of yogurt, 1 tablespoon of juice, and two garlic cloves. Add chicken; toss to coat. Heat oil on a large non-stick skillet (I just always use our cast iron) over medium-high heat (which I actually adjusted down to low to compensate for cast iron and also, I hate the taste of burnt garlic and since the chicken was pre-cooked all I needed was to have things at sauté temperature.) Add chicken mixture to pan, cook until browned and done.
As noted we skipped the sauce. If you want it, you can go to the original recipe and follow the directions there.
Divide chicken evenly among pita halves. Fill each pita half with cucumber/lettuce/onion.
Serve.
....And feel very Avenger like while watching Avengers.