These Chicken Shawarma Pita wraps are so flavorful and easy to make. Last week I tasted a really great shawarma wrap, It was so fresh and tasty. I wanted to recreate it at home. So I started looking out for recipes that were easy to follow.
Chicken Shawarma
I came across this Chicken Shawarma recipe for the marinade of the chicken. In this recipe, the chicken was baked in the oven. I decided to use the Air Fryer instead. If you are a regular visitor to my blog you know I love my Air Fryer!
My marinade is based on the above recipe, but I changed it up a bit.
The spices that I used are:
1 tsp Kashmiri Chili powder
1 tsp Cumin powder (Jeera powder)
1/2 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
1/4 tsp Pepper powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Mix all these spices with olive oil and marinate the chicken. Keep covered overnight in the refrigerator.
2 Ingredient Pita Bread
For the pita bread, I wanted something quick and easy as I am all about quick and easy recipes!
This 2 ingredient naan recipe on my blog was surprisingly soft and easy to make. Feel free to use the naan recipe, it is just as good!
I thought there might be a 2 ingredient Pita bread! So I tried these Yogurt Flatbreads from one of my favorite baking websites Rockrecipes.
If you have not tried 2 ingredient recipes, you must! They are so easy to make and you do not have to wait for the dough to rise like yeast recipes. And a bonus is they have a good dose of protein from Greek yogurt!
Of course, you could always use store-bought Pita Bread to save on time!
How do you make the Chicken Shawarma?
Marinate the chicken with marinade ingredients. Keep it overnight in the refrigerator. The next day, take out the chicken about half an hour before cooking it.
Put the chicken in the air fryer in a single layer. Switch on the air fryer to 350F, and bake the chicken for about 12 to 15 minutes turning once in between.
Please use chicken thighs as they are much more tender than chicken breasts.
Once done cover the chicken with foil and set it aside. Just before assembling your wraps, cut the chicken into thin slices.
Pita bread:
You could follow the above-mentioned recipe to make the pita bread or use store-bought pita bread.
If you are making the pita bread, mix the self-raising flour and greek yogurt to make the dough, divide it into 8 balls. Roll them out and fry them on a cast-iron skillet. There is no need to use any oil/ butter or oil. It turns out so soft.
What are the toppings?
Lettuce – Lettuce leaves chopped
Onions – sliced red onions
Tomatoes – Sliced tomatoes, I used Roma tomatoes, but you could use any tomato.
Tzatziki sauce – This sauce is a must. It is Greek Yogurt with cucumbers and dill. This Tzatziki sauce from FoodCharlatan.com is the real deal!
Since I did not have all the ingredients, I made my own cucumber sauce.
Grate one cucumber. (It is better to use an English cucumber as they do not have seeds like the regular ones). Since I did not have an English Cucumber, I took out the seeds from a regular cucumber and used a box grater to finely grate it. Add a little salt and keep it aside. This is basically to bring out all the water from the cucumber so the sauce is not watery. Greek yogurt is usually used for this sauce, but I used regular whole milk yogurt.
How do you make the cucumber sauce?
First, squeeze out all the water from the cucumber and place it in a bowl. Add about 1 cup yogurt to it. Mix it up. Add salt to taste, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, and 1 tsp lemon juice. Lastly, add chopped cilantro.
How do you assemble these Chicken Shawarma Pita wraps?
Take the pita bread, add some chicken slices. Put some tzatziki sauce on top of the chicken.
Add your other toppings.
Fold the pita bread in half. Enjoy your delicious wrap!
Hope you will try out these easy and tasty Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps. They are so worth it! Please let me know how it turned out for you in the comments below. I love hearing from my readers.
Do check out my other easy Chicken recipes:
Instant Pot Spanish Chicken Pulao
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