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Spread hummus on the inside and stuff with the chicken and onion mixture and Israeli salad.Take the toasted pita and slice in half.Once well seared on one side, add the onions back to the pan and stir with the chicken on high heat for another 2-3 minutes until done. Add the chicken breast and let sear on one side for 1 minute. Heat the non-stick skillet to high heat.Season the chicken breast with cayenne, turmeric, cumin, paprika, salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon olive oil and the juice of ½ a lemon.Once translucent, remove from pan and set aside.Lower the heat to low and let cook for 4-5 minutes. Slice 1 onion thinly and add to a non-stick skillet on medium heat.Once incorporated stir in an additional 1 teaspoon of water at a time until you reach the consistency you want (light & creamy). For the tahini stir the tahini paste with the garlic, juice of ½ a lemon and salt.Cover the bowl with clingfilm/beeswax wrap and marinate for at least four hours or overnight (up to 24 hours maximum). Prepare the salad by combining diced cucumbers, tomato and ½ an onion with salt, pepper, ½ a tablespoon of olive oil and the juice of 1 lemon. Then add them to the bowl with the shawarma marinade and toss to coat.

They make a great dinner or lunch and only take about 20 minutes to prepare. These yummy fluffy pitas are filled with spicy chicken shawarma, caramelized onions, fresh Israeli salad, hummus, creamy tahini and topped with some sliced jalapeño. Obviously I don’t have a shawarma revolver thing at home, so this recipe was made pan fried, but the seasonings on the chicken are what give it the shawarma flavor. His family is originally from Yemen and I have yet to master Yemeni food but one baby step at a time is good enough. I know what its like to be far from home and to have a bowl of my mom’s food fill me up with fuzzy feelings of comfort and family, so I’d love to do the same for him when he’ll need it. Oren, my husband, and I are planning on moving to the states in about a year and knowing that he will be away from his home, his family and friends, has made me step up my game with cooking Israeli food (especially his favorite Israeli chicken shawarma). Try lots of variations to find your favorite and serve it with your beef, chicken, lamb or even vegetable shawarma.Sure, I can walk out the door and choose from 5,349 different shawarma places to eat at but there’s something special about making yourself an Israeli chicken shawarma sandwich at home from scratch. Sometimes a tablespoon or two of tahini is also mixed in as well as some mint along with the dill. It is a combination of thick, Greek-style yogurt, lemon juice, finely minced or grated garlic, dill, and salt.

Yogurt garlic sauce: If you've ever ordered Greek gyros in a restaurant or fast food stand and gotten them topped with a thick, creamy yogurt sauce, that same sauce is perfect for shawarma.

Serve it on shawarma and everything else! It might also contain a pinch of ground cumin and or chopped parsley. Well, the secret is out and this sauce is just as easy to make as it is delicious! Tarator is basically a tahini sauce, like the above recipe with water, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, but with the addition of garlic.

Tarator sauce: This is the secret sauce that Middle East restaurants won't tell you about.

That combination of jalapeño peppers, garlic, parsley, cilantro, lemon juice, salt, ground cumin, ground coriander, and olive oil brings both spice and amazing flavor to any dish. If heat is your thing, though, you can also try using schug.

Falafel how sauce: Yes, it says falafel, but we love it on shawarma.

Note that it will thicken in the fridge but you can thin it back out again with a spoonful of water.

Store any leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for a few days. Want it thinner? Add some water? A little thicker? Add a touch more sesame paste? Like it hot and spicy? Add in some red pepper flakes. Simply combine equal parts sesame paste with water, add in about 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to every quarter cup of the sesame paste and season with salt and pepper. Some markets sell it ready made but we recommend you opt for purchasing plain sesame paste and making it yourself. This sesame based sauce is a staple in Middle Eastern cooking and very easy to make at home. Tahini sauce: Undoubtedly the most popular option to top your shawarma is tahini sauce.