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Chicken Shawarma

Posted by on Aug 6, 2008 in Middle Eastern | 0 comments

Chicken Shawarma

Shawarma is a Middle-Eastern sandwich. Its made of thinly shaved pieces of lamb, goat or chicken, topped with parsley, onions and garlic sauce, and then wrapped with a pita. The word shawarma comes from a Turkish word meaning “turning” or the turning of the meat on the spit. The shawarma is slowly cooked on a rotating vertical spit. As the meat is cooked, its shaved off with a large knife. Since most people do not have a rotating vertical spit in their kitchen, the next best thing is either grilling...

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