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Recipe: Homemade Tasty Shawarma

By Guardian Nigeria
15 January 2016   |   1:39 pm
This tasty snack has become a popular and wanted street meal. It is a bread with beef/chicken and vegetable fillings. We know everyone knows what a shawarma is, so let’s go straight to the point- how to make it. The Nigerian home made ones obviously will taste either better or less enticing than the ones…

This tasty snack has become a popular and wanted street meal. It is a bread with beef/chicken and vegetable fillings. We know everyone knows what a shawarma is, so let’s go straight to the point- how to make it.

The Nigerian home made ones obviously will taste either better or less enticing than the ones made in cafes and street stands and it is made in the Nigerian style. We are here to teach you how it can taste better and  have your touch too. Beautiful how easy it is to make Shawarma.

What Is Needed.

  • Pitta or Flour Tortilla bread wraps
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot and Cucumber(optional)
  • Chicken breast/ soft chicken
  • Dry pepper/ black pepper
  • Ketchup
  • Mayonnaise
  • Salt curry and knorr cubes
  • Garlic
  • Onions
  • Vegetable oil
  • Soy sauce (optional)
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Photo Credit: Myrlifestyle

How To Prepare It.

  • Wash and cut the vegetable(s) into strips and set aside.
  • Strip the chicken/beef if not bought stripped. It is advised you use chicken breasts, soft chicken so that it will be easier to debone and faster to stir fry or boneless chicken/beef.
  • Marinate with soy sauce, curry, dry/black pepper, salt, knorr cubes, onions and garlic. You could do this 24hours before frying or given the number of hours you have, so that the juice can suck in.
  • In a pan, heat up a table spoon of vegetable oil. Add the marinated chicken/beef and stir fry until juicy, brown and properly cooked. This should take about 7-10 minutes on low heat.
  • Add your stripped vegetables and allow to fry for 90 seconds.
  • You may wish to add extra ingredients at this point or leave it like that.
  • Mix the mayonnaise and ketchup in a separate bowl (ketch-mayo).
  • Place the shawarma bread, preferably flour tortilla wraps on a clean surface (plate or board) and spread a reasonable amount of the ketch-mayo until it touches every side. Then pour portions of your stir fried mixture and sprinkle some pepper on it (optional).
  • After this is done, fold the bread, tuck in the edges and roll to form a shawarma wrap. You can use a toothpick to hold it together.
  • Warm it up a bit on a grilling pan for about 3 minutes. If you have a sandwich maker or microwave feel free to use them too.

And your homemade Nigerian Chicken/beef shawarma is ready.

Try it out this weekend and be sure to enjoy it. You can also tell us about your experience in the kitchen too.

 

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