Delicious & Healthy Chicken Shawarma & Rice Bowls

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Ingredients
For the Chicken Shawarma:

2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs (or breast)
1 onion, sliced
1/4 cup olive oil
5 galic cloves, grated
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
The Chicken Shawarma Spices:

2 teaspoons paprika
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon sumac
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
black pepper, to taste
crushed red pepper flakes to taste
For the Rice:

2 cups long grain rice
2 (15oz/425g) chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2-3 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons salt
freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (or to taste)
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons lemon juice
The Sauce:

1 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1-2 garlic cloves, grated
Instructions
Begin with the Rice: Place the rice in a bowl and rinse it with cool water 4-5 times. Soak it in water for 15 minutes.

Marinate the Chicken: Place the chicken in a large bowl along with all of the spices, oil, lemon, and seasonings. Mix together until coated and set aside.

Make the Sauce: Combine all of the shawarma sauce ingredients together in a bowl and whisk together. Transfer the sauce into a squeeze bottle and keep refrigerated until ready to use.

Heat a Dutch oven (or a regular pot) over medium heat. Add the butter and cook until melted. Add the chickpeas and season them lightly with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Cook them for 3-4 minutes until golden.

Drain the rice and add it to the pot along with 2 teaspoons salt, lemon juice, and the broth. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover the pot and simmer for 15 minutes. Fluff the rice and keep warm until ready to serve.

The chicken can be cooked in an air fryer, on a barbecue grill, in a pan on the stovetop or under the broiler in the oven.

For the Air fryer, place the chicken and onions in an even layer into the basket (cook in 2-3 batches as to not overcrowd the basket) and cook at 400 °F for 15 minutes on each side. The chicken is ready when the internal temperature reaches 165 °F.

Remove from the air fryer basket and let it rest on a cutting board for 5 minutes. Thinly slice and serve with the rice, sauce, and a salad.

Kali Orexi!

Notes
For Chicken breast meat, the cooking time will be shorter. Air fry for 6 minutes per side and then once the internal temp reaches 165 °F it is ready. Chicken thighs will remain juicy even if overcooked but the same cannot be said for breast meat.

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Going to taste really really good once you go ahead and cook it so in a big pot I’m going to melt some butter but you can use olive oil instead and I’ll add two cans of chickpeas that I’ve rinsed and drained and I’ll just season them with some salt freshly cracked black

Pepper and some garlic powder and these are going to cook until they’re a little bit golden once that’s done we’re going to drain the water from the rice and add it to the pot with 2 tpoon of salt some fresh lemon juice you could just do

About 2 tbsps of fresh lemon juice and then I’ll add two cups of chicken broth to this water is a good substitute if you don’t have the chicken broth give everything a mix and once it comes to a boil go ahead and reduce the heat to a

Low cover the pot with the lid and let it simmer for 15 minutes while that’s happening you can cook your chicken so I’m going to use the air fryer today just because it’s so easy but you can Grill the chicken you can cook it on the

Stove top in a pan or under the broiler I’m going to leave it up to you but I find the fryer just Cooks It Up really quickly and easily put the chicken in the basket in one even layer with the onions and and all that marinade that’s

Left over in the bowl set your air fryer to 400° fah and cook the chicken about 10 to 15 minutes on each side or until the internal temperature reaches 165° F next we’re just going to transfer the chicken to a cutting board and we’re going to let it rest for about 10

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It the sauce is done I like to transfer it in this little bottle that you can just squeeze the sauce over the food later on it’s just easy to serve and it doesn’t take up too much space in the refrigerator too but you can leave it in

The bowl if you’d like no problem when it’s time to serve this you just put a nice generous amount of that delicious rice peof into a bowl you top it with some salad I just chopped up some cucumbers and tomatoes and added some mint and olive oil over them with a little pinch

Of salt I’ll put those over the rice with some lemon wedges lots of that chicken schwarma and then I’m going to drizzle that creamy sauce over the top that creamy schwarma sauce that we just made and a little bit of spicy sriracha and there you have it so this is so much

Healthier than anything you’re going to get from a fast food place or from even even from a restaurant because you’re making it with high quality ingredients really fresh and this is just so good the chickpea rice is to die for if you don’t like chickpeas you could leave

Them out and maybe use green peas or even corn is good in this I think you guys are going to absolutely love this recipe you can head on over to the website to print it out and if you decide to make it please share pictures with me on Instagram and on Facebook I’d

Love to see your Recreations thank you so much for spending time with me today I’ll see you all next time yes us