Chicken Shawarma | Cucumber & Onion Salad | Pitta & Pickles
Our Kebab Recipe Kit allows you to recreate your own kebab night right in your kitchen, whether you're grilling or BBQing. To complete your meal, we've added a sachet of sumac and fennel salt, ideal for crafting a refreshing cucumber and onion salad that perfectly complements the bold flavour’s of your homemade kebab.
Serves 4
Fresh Ingredients - Chicken Kebab
800g boneless chicken thighs
2 large garlic cloves, minced
2.5 tablespoons lemon juice
From The Pantry
2 tablespoons Peak & The Pantry kebab seasoning
5 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
Fresh Ingredients - Sumac Salad
90g red onion, cut thinly
180g cucumber, cut thinly
From The Pantry
½ Peak & The Pantry sumac and fennel salt mix
4 teaspoons white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons olive oil
Marinating and cooking the chicken
In a bowl, add the kebab seasoning to oil, lemon juice garlic, salt and stir
Add the chicken, making sure it is all coated in the marinade, cover and leave for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight
Preheat oven to 180 degrees**
Heat a frying pan and sear the chicken for 2 minutes each side and place into the oven for 8 minutes or until the chicken is cooked all the way through
Leave the chicken to rest for a few minutes and thinly slice in the style of a chicken shawarma
Onion and cucumber salad with sumac and fennel seasoning
While the chicken is cooking add half packet of the sumac and fennel seasoning with all the ingredients to a bowl and mix well.
To Finish
Toast flatbread, spread on garlic mayo, hot sauce, top with chicken and pile on the salad
For a spicy kick, add pickled chillies
**chicken can also be air fried on 180 for approx. 14 minutes, turning halfway until it is cooked through