This is by all means a very easy and delicious fatta, shawarma and chicken recipe so consider it a 3 in 1 recipe. You can never go wrong with this one it is a FOOL PROOF recipe. This dish should be served with yellow basmati rice but I tweaked it to suite my family.
You’ll need:
- 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken breast.
- 1 cup – or more- white vinegar
- 1 medium onion sliced.
- salt and pepper to taste.
- 1 medium red/yellow/green bell pepper- cubed.
- 2 cups of cooked basmati yellow rice- yellowed with curry or turmeric.
- 2-3 flat bread or pita bread.
- 2 garlic cloves- crushed.
- 2 Tbs of butter or olive oil.
For the yogurt sauce or toomeya:
- 1 cup of plain yogurt+ 1tsp of low fat mayo + 2 crushed garlic cloves and salt and pepper.
Cut the chicken breast in strips then put them in a deep dish, add onion rings, salt and pepper then mix well. Cover with white vinegar and refrigerate over night.
In a skillet over medium heat cook the chicken strips- discard the onion and the vinegar- until it is white and has no more water dripping from it. Add the bell pepper and cook for 5 minutes.
In another skillet add butter to the bread – cut the bread in squares- and add the garlic until bread is crunchy.
You can melt the butter and mix it well with the bread pieces and garlic then toss them in the oven for 5-10 minutes until golden and crunchy.
For the toomeya just mix the ingredients well.
To assemble:
In a platter, arrange the bread pieces first leaving some for garnishing then add the rice and then top with chicken and pepper mix. Top with the toomeya or yogurt sauce and garnish with some more bread.
Now you’ve got yourself a heart warming Arabian meal that will impress almost everyone. Bon Appétit
Thanks for the easy recipe, Amira! I do love shawarma a lot but did not know how to prepare it. Now I know…
Looks fabulous and great idea to use the pita bread like that.
I haven’t heard of this dish before but it looks very tasty. I love how the bread is cooked in butter and garlic – yum! xx
It is really very very delicious you can eat the bread alone very appealing. Thanks Charlie for your comment.
Wow Amira, this chicken shawarma looks delicious, I love the idea of the crispy pita bread in between the chicken and rice…looks great!
Thanks for the recipe and hope you re enjoying your week 😀
Looooking Good! I’ll have to try this. I recently saw a salad recipe using small pieces of pita bread mixed in the salad. Your dish looks like a good way to combine carbohydrates with protein!
Fatta is one of my favourites! Growing up my best friend was Palestinian and her mom always made this for us. I like the idea of the shawarma, nice and easy! Flavourful too.
YUM! So many yummy components! What a marvelous meal!
Yummy! That looks seriously good. My family is a shawarma fan and they are going to love this to the core.
So much flavor, and so easy! this looks superb — definitely something I need to try. Thanks.
I feel like the crunchy garlic butter bread alone is very tempting, but making it a nice meal out of it sounds really good! I had fun learning this new dish. 🙂
Your photos are just as marvelous as your recipes Amira.
Thanks Salma for your sweet comment.
I found the Toomeya!!! Chicken Shawarma is another favourite chicken dish, thank you Amira 😀 Your photographs and descriptions are perfect 😀