Chicken Shawarma
#chicken
#middle eastern
#oven
#shawarma spice
#yogurt marinade
🥘 Ingredients
- boneless chicken thighs 3 lb
- shawarma spice 3 Tbs
- whole-milk yogurt ½ cup
- lemon juice ¼ cup
- garlic 6 cloves
- olive oil 3 Tbs
- kosher salt 2 tsp
- lamb fat 2 oz
- yellow onion 1 large
- rendered fat 1 Tbs
🍳 Cookware
- loaf tin
- oven
- skillet
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1Coat boneless chicken thighs piece by piece with shawarma spice , whole-milk yogurt , lemon juice , garlic , olive oil and kosher salt , then cover and 12 hr in the fridge.
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2Stack @&( timer flat in a loaf tin , pressing each piece hard onto the last so there is no air between them, and cap it with lamb fat and yellow onion .
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3Roast @&( timer in the oven at 325°F (160°C) 1 ¼ hr , until a skewer meets no resistance, then take it to 450°F (230°C) for 15 min to blacken the crown.
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4Rest @&( timer 20 min , turn it out of the tin, and shave it down the sides in thin sheets with a long knife, the way it comes off the cone.
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5Crisp @&( timer in a very hot skillet in rendered fat 2 min , tossing once, until the edges catch and go brittle.