EASY CHICKEN SHAWARMA

 This easy chicken shawarma recipe is perfect when you want the delicious Middle Eastern flavors of a restaurant-quality dish at home! Served on flatbread with a tangy cabbage slaw and creamy yogurt sauce, and you have one of my favorite meals!

Happy Monday, friends!

First up, I appreciate all of you who have chimed in on the last Friday Thoughts discussion!

I am slowly reading my way through the comments (had company through the weekend and was disconnected from all things internet, which is always kind of refreshing), and I am loving so much your insight, feedback, and hilarity as I get caught up today.

Second up, chicken shawarma! And even better, easy chicken shawarma!

That’s the recipe we are talking about today, and if you don’t know what shawarma is (or even how to pronounce it), no worries.

Just think of it as a flavorful, grilled chicken with Middle Eastern vibes that increases tremendously in deliciousness when paired with flatbread, yogurt sauce and chopped veggies.

I can eat meals with this flavor profile for days on end. I love them so much.

The chicken in and of itself is fairly basic (can use boneless, skinless chicken breasts or chicken thighs) with a ton of smoky, delighful flavor.

But when you add in the creamy yogurt sauce, chopped veggies, cabbage slaw and flatbread, you have a colorful, delicious combo that is crazy delicious.

The great thing about this meal is that you can keep it low carb and eat the tasty chicken salad-style – with the creamy, lemony yogurt sauce acting as a simple dressing to bind everything together.

OR, you can pile everything in a piece of soft flatbread and die of happiness.

As I’ve mentioned 1,483 times already, this homemade flatbread is my favorite of all time in the history of ever. It is so simple to make!

You can see from the pictures in this post that thanks to some extra super helpers in the kitchen, our flatbread managed to be a bit…well…chubby. But guess what? Chubby flatbread is pretty great.

The dark horse in this recipe is most definitely that red cabbage slaw. It is terrific! Like, surprisingly, astonishingly delicious.

My grandma used to make cabbage slaws all the time and serve them with just about everything (including her famous Swiss cheese + Spam casserole – don’t knock it til you try it :).

Her cabbage recipes (that weren’t actually recipes but just lots of ingredients thrown together like the majority of her amazing cooking) weren’t like coleslaw…no, no…they were purely tangy and a little sweet and not creamy (no mayo!) at all.

My sweet grams was born and raised in Switzerland, so there was absolutely no Middle Eastern influence going on in her cooking, but the red cabbage slaw in this chicken shawarma recipe today is nearly identical to the kind she used to make, and it is amazingly perfect with the smoky, flavorful chicken.

I am in love with this meal! Healthy and flavorful, it is perfect for any time of the year.

I prefer to grill the chicken for extra flavor, but I’ve included some simple notes for skillet-cooking or broiling the chicken. Versatile and delicious…easy chicken shawarma needs to make it on to your menu plan ASAP!