Shawarma, popularly known as shawarma, is a fairly common dish, known around the world. However, very often the outlets selling this dish prepare it in a very dubious way and with obviously not fresh, but sometimes mysterious contents.
In order not to harm your health and taste this pleasant food, you can try a little and cook it yourself. We will analyze further how to realize homemade recipes for shawarma with chicken in pita bread.
Attention! The volume of ingredients is calculated per serving. If you plan to do more, then simply increase the amount of each product.
Standard option
This is the most common cooking method. For him you will need:
- a large sheet of thin pita bread;
- chicken fillet;
- two pickles;
- a tomato;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 100 grams of Beijing cabbage;
- mustard;
- mayonnaise;
- ketchup;
- vegetable oil;
- salt and pepper.
Cooking
First you need to prepare all the products. For this:
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Preheat the pan and send the meat to fry with vegetable oil over low heat;
- Peking cabbage is cut into thin and fine straws;
- cucumbers are also processed in the same way;
- divide the tomato into halves. Both divide by cut into ringlets;
- cheese through a coarse grater;
- combine mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard in one bowl. Mix everything until a uniform sauce is obtained;
- after the chicken is ready, let it cool slightly and cut into thin plates;
- now spread pita bread on the table;
- spread shredded cabbage at one of the edges;
- lay cucumbers and tomatoes on top;
- pour all the ingredients with a sufficient amount of sauce so that the shawarma with chicken in pita bread does not turn out dry;
- sprinkle the resulting hill with cheese;
- Now carefully wrap the workpiece and tuck the upper and lower edges so that the filling does not fall out;
- warm the oven to 220 degrees;
- place the shawarma there (preferably in some kind of baking dish);
- cook for 5 minutes.
Useful information for those who follow the figure. The calorie content of shawarma in pita bread with chicken cooked according to this recipe is approximately 175 kcal per 100 grams. And the recipe below reduces these numbers to 112 kcal.
Let's consider it in more detail.
Easy option
The basis of this dish is vegetables, without any extra additives and sauces. You will need:
- pita leaf;
- 1 chicken fillet;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 tomato;
- 1 cucumber;
- greens.
Cooking
In this case, the recipe for a shawarma with chicken in pita bread is quite simple to implement. We will prepare the main ingredients:
- send the chicken to cook over medium heat until cooked;
- Wash the carrots, peel and cut into thin strips. If desired, you can skip through a coarse grater;
- the cucumber is also cut into small and thin straws;
- tomato should be divided into small cubes;
- finely chop the greens;
- as soon as the meat is cooked, remove it and let cool. Then cut it into thin slices (plates);
- spread the pita bread. Lay out the filling from one of the edges. First carrots, then cucumber, then filet and tomato. Sprinkle everything on top with greens and carefully wrap;
- preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Now place the blank there for 5 minutes.
Note: in the case of this option, the fillings for the shawarma with chicken in pita bread can not even be baked, but eat immediately after cooking.
Shawarma with Chicken and Salad
Consider another recipe. For him you will need:
- a large sheet of thin pita bread;
- 30 grams of ketchup;
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- 1 tomato;
- 1 cucumber;
- smoked chicken breast;
- 100 grams of carrots in Korean.
Cooking
First of all, all the ingredients are prepared. For this:
- meat is cut into small cubes;
- tomato is processed in the same way;
- the cucumber is cut into small slices;
- carrots are transferred to a separate bowl and mixed with other vegetables and chopped chicken;
- then mayonnaise and ketchup are added there. Everything is mixed until evenly distributed;
- spread a sheet of pita bread;
- from one of the edges lay out the prepared filling. Next, either roll the workpiece into a roll, or fold it into an envelope.
- Baking this dish is optional.
Consider the following recipe for shawarma with chicken in pita bread.
Shawarma with chicken legs
In this recipe, in addition to the type of meat processing (smoked chicken is needed), the composition of the sauce also changes somewhat. You will need:
- sheet of thin pita bread;
- smoked chicken legs;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 2 fresh cucumbers;
- seasoning for chicken;
- 170 grams of sour cream;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- a teaspoon of adjika.
Cooking
Now we will figure out how to implement such a recipe for home-made shawarma with chicken in pita bread. To start, all the ingredients are processed:
- heat the pan;
- remove the meat from the legs with your hands and fry it with oil and seasonings for 10 minutes;
- tomatoes are cut into small cubes;
- cucumbers are divided into two halves and each of them is cut into half rings;
- both ingredients are mixed and salted;
- in a separate bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, adjika and mix until a sauce of uniform consistency is obtained;
- put a sheet of pita bread on a baking sheet;
- put vegetables from one of the edges;
- put chicken on top and pour sauce over everything. Count so that the shawarma is not dry;
- warm the oven to 200 degrees;
- carefully roll the pita bread into the roll and send the billet on the baking sheet to bake for 5 minutes.
Shawarma recipe in pita bread with chicken and mushrooms
Another interesting and tasty version of the dish. For him we need:
- pita leaf;
- 100 grams of chicken;
- 50 grams of carrots;
- 100 grams of white cabbage;
- 100 grams of mushrooms;
- half a cucumber;
- 100 grams of gherkins;
- 50 grams of ketchup;
- 50 grams of mayonnaise;
- 100 grams of hard cheese.
Cooking
First of all, ingredients for shawarma with chicken in pita bread are processed. For this:
- send the chicken to cook over medium heat until cooked. After that, cool and cut into thin slices;
- wash mushrooms, cut into thin slices and fry until golden brown;
- cut the cucumber and gherkins into small slices;
- chop cabbage with thin strips;
- wipe the cheese through a fine grater;
- combine mayonnaise and ketchup in a separate bowl. Stir until a homogeneous sauce;
- on a baking sheet lay a sheet of pita bread;
- put vegetables at one of the edges;
- put mushrooms and chicken on top;
- pour plenty of sauce and sprinkle with cheese;
- then carefully wrap the pita bread in a roll and send it to bake in the oven for 5 minutes at 180 degrees;
- as soon as the shawarma is ready, grease its upper side with sunflower oil.
Shawarma with cream cheese
Consider further a rather unusual recipe. For him you will need:
- sheet of thin pita bread;
- chicken fillet (half a breast);
- 100 grams of white cabbage;
- medium onion head;
- a small carrot;
- cream cheese or cheese;
- greens;
- 1 small tomato;
- chicken egg and 50 grams of milk.
Cooking
As before, prepare the products. For this:
- cut the chicken into small pieces and fry over high heat until half cooked;
- peel the onion and chop finely;
- cut the cabbage into small strips;
- grind carrots on a medium grater;
- divide the tomato into small cubes;
- put all the vegetables in a deep bowl. Add three tablespoons of cream cheese or melted cheese there;
- salt, pepper and mix thoroughly until all ingredients are evenly distributed;
- in a separate bowl, mix the egg and milk;
- spread the pita bread. Put chicken on one edge and a mixture of cheese and vegetables on top of it;
- roll into a roll and dip it completely into the milk and egg mass;
- put the workpiece in a baking dish and pour over the rest of the mixture;
- bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
Shawarma with french fries
Another interesting recipe. For him you will need:
- half chicken breast (fillet);
- 100 grams of carrots;
- one potato;
- 100 grams of white cabbage;
- a small onion head;
- 70 grams of ketchup;
- 70 grams of mayonnaise.
Cooking
In this case, the cooking time can be significantly reduced if, instead of ordinary potatoes, you use either frozen french fries or already cooked from the store. Further:
- wash and grate carrots on a medium grater;
- peel the onion and cut into halves of ringlets;
- cut the chicken into pieces and fry in a pan until cooked;
- if you use raw potatoes, then just peel it, cut into strips of medium thickness and cook in oil;
- combine mayonnaise and ketchup in a bowl. Salt, pepper and mix until a sauce of uniform consistency;
- then spread pita bread on a baking sheet and grease it with part of the sauce;
- put potatoes on top and cover it with vegetables in any order. Pour over the remaining sauce;
- roll the workpiece into a roll and send in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 5 minutes.
Shawarma with kefir sauce
Last interesting option. To cook it, you need:
- sheet of thin pita bread;
- half chicken breast (fillet);
- a tablespoon of adjika;
- half a cucumber;
- 100 grams of Chinese cabbage;
- egg yolk;
- 70 milliliters of kefir;
- clove of garlic;
- dill.
Cooking
Consider all the steps in order. Primarily:
- cut the chicken into thin slices. Process them with adjika and leave to marinate for 20 minutes;
- at this time, divide the cucumber into thin straws;
- wash the tomato and cut into medium-sized cubes;
- chop cabbage also with straws;
- put the egg yolk in a bowl and pour in a little chilled vegetable oil;
- then add kefir here. Stir the contents until a homogeneous mass is obtained;
- chop dill finely;
- chop the garlic. Also finely;
- add both of these ingredients to the previously prepared sauce. Salt, pepper and mix well again;
- fry the pickled chicken in a pan until golden brown;
- lay pita bread. Put prepared vegetables on one edge and chicken on top of them. Pour all over the prepared sauce abundantly;
- gently roll everything into a roll;
- Warm the pan without oil;
- place the workpiece on it and fry on both sides until the pita becomes crispy.