🇸🇾 Syria
Shawarma
Syria perfected shawarma; Damascus shops marinate overnight in vinegar, spices, and mystery.
🔪 Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 25 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Chicken marinated with vinegar, cardamom, and shawarma spice; rolled with toum and pickles, then pressed.
Ingredients
- 800 gchicken thighs, sliced thin
- 3 tbspvinegar
- 3 tbspyogurt
- 2 tspshawarma spice (cardamom, allspice, cinnamon, pepper)
- 4 clovesgarlic
- 4 loavessaj or pita bread
- to tastetoum, pickles, and fries to serve
Method
- 1
Marinate the chicken with vinegar, yogurt, garlic, and spices — overnight if you can.
- 2
Sear in a screaming-hot pan until charred at the edges.
- 3
Spread bread with toum, add chicken, pickles, and fries.
- 4
Roll tight and press on the pan until crisp outside.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4