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Homemade shawarma with chicken in lavash
Homemade shawarma with chicken in lavash is street food loved by many. Some opponents claim that it is unhealthy food. But, when you get down to it, shawarma is a breaded cutlet with vegetable salad and bread, in this case, lavash. All of this is dressed with sour cream and mayonnaise sauce. To deliciously prepare shawarma with chicken in lavash, you need to follow the recommendations of our step-by-step recipe with photos.
Ingredients
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- Armenian lavash – 4 pcs. (sheets);
- chicken fillet – 1 pc;
- Korean-style carrots – 180-200 g;
- pickled cucumbers (or lightly salted) – 2 pcs. (medium);
- Chinese cabbage (or young) – 200-250 g;
- tomatoes – 2-4 pcs. (depending on size);
- onion – 1 medium (or ½ large onion);
- garlic – 2-3 cloves;
- parsley – 1 medium bunch;
- sauce (sour cream and mayonnaise) – 200-250 ml;
- salt, pepper – to taste.
For Korean-style carrots:
- carrot – 1 large;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- dried garlic – ½ tsp;
- seasoning for Korean carrots – 1 tsp with a heaping;
- vinegar (9%) – 1 tbsp;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
Sauce:
- sour cream – 3-4 tbsp;
- homemade mayonnaise – 3-4 tbsp;
- garlic – 2-3 cloves (or to taste);
- salt and pepper – to taste.
Preparation
- To prepare homemade shawarma with chicken in lavash, a certain set of products is necessary. Korean-style carrots are a mandatory component of the dish. Of course, you can buy carrots in the store or at the market, or you can make them yourself. Moreover, it’s not difficult at all. Grate the carrots using a Korean-style grater.
- Prepare all the ingredients from the list for making Korean-style carrots.
- Add salt, sugar, vinegar, and spices to the carrots and mix thoroughly. You can even rub it with your hands.
- Heat the oil until very hot and immediately add it to the carrots. Mix the carrots well so that the oil and all the spices combine well with the carrots. Set the bowl with the carrots aside to marinate, and during this time, prepare the following ingredients.
- Cut the chicken fillet in half lengthwise. Pork can also be used instead of chicken.
- Season the meat with salt and pepper, and let it marinate for about five minutes.
- Fry the meat in a skillet until golden brown, but be careful not to overcook it. Set the cooked meat aside to cool.
- Prepare the vegetables as per the list. Shred the cabbage finely. Use Chinese cabbage, young cabbage will also work.
- Cut the onion in half and slice it thinly into half-rings.
- Cut the ripe, juicy tomatoes into half-rings as well. The thickness of the slice should be four to five millimeters.
- Cut the pickled or lightly salted cucumbers into slices, and then at an angle, into thin strips.
- Cut the cooled fillet into thin strips as well.
- You can add your favorite ingredients to the sauce. For example, you can add ketchup to the sauce.
- Mince the garlic with a knife or press it through a garlic press. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- All the ingredients are ready, let’s start assembling the homemade shawarma with chicken in lavash.
- Place the Armenian lavash (soft) on a working surface. Leaving about ten centimeters from the edge, apply the sauce. Leave about five to seven centimeters from the top and bottom edges as well.
- Layer the prepared ingredients one by one. The order of ingredients is arbitrary. This time we placed the meat first.
- On the meat, add finely shredded cabbage.
- On the cabbage, place the prepared Korean-style carrots. By this time, the carrots have already absorbed flavor and become very tasty and aromatic due to the spicy seasonings. On top of the carrots, place the onion.
- The next layer is cucumbers.
- Then add slices of tomatoes.
- On top, spread a little sauce.
- Finish with a layer of parsley.
- Form the shawarma. Fold the lavash from the top and bottom, as shown in the photo.
- We cover the products with the part of the lavash that we set aside.
- We roll the lavash into a roll. The shawarma preparation is ready. We repeat this with the remaining products.
- From the prepared products, we ended up with four preparations. We fry the shawarma in a pan until it has a crispy golden crust.
- Homemade chicken shawarma in lavash is ready. We have four full portions for a snack. A cutlet with salad and bread that is convenient to take with you to study or to the office.
Having prepared such preparations, they can be taken on a picnic, and directly at the barbecue, it can be browned. It will be tasty, hearty, and convenient.
Be sure to prepare this simple dish at home. Enjoy your meal!
