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    Home » Recipes » Main Dish

    Chicken Shawarma With Vegetables

    Published: Mar 18, 2021 · Modified: Feb 3, 2022 by Nicole · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

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    Mmmmmmm shawarma! It's an all time favorite for us in this house. This chicken vegetable shawarma is an easy, healthy, delicious meal packed with flavor and a variety of textures. It's fresh, warm and satisfying. This dish can be made using a variety of vegetables, so feel free to swap some vegetables out for others!

    chicken shawarma

    We love to eat this wrapped in a pita with our favorite Turkish Shepherd Salad. Hellllo yum!

    How to Make Chicken Shawarma

    First preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Then thinly slice the onion and chop the cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potato, and peeled carrots. Whisk together spices in a small bowl and set aside. I love using a variety of vegetables, but whatever you have on hand will work just fine. Typical shawarma is usually just sweet potato and cauliflower.

    Next put the vegetables in a large bowl and toss with olive oil.

    vegetable shawarma

    Then sprinkle the spices on top and mix well.

    Next lightly spray a large sheet pan with olive oil spray and pour the vegetables on top. Smooth out and bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.

    chicken vegetable shawarma

    While the vegetables bake toss the cubed chicken breasts with olive oil. Next chop the zucchini and bell peppers and toss with olive oil. Then thinly slice the cucumbers and shred the lettuce. In a bowl or large liquid measuring cup, mix together the greek yogurt, lemon, cucumber and garlic powder to make the tzatziki sauce.

    After the vegetables have baked for 10 minutes, remove from oven, add chicken and mix together with the vegetables. Return to oven.

    Once the vegetables have baked for 20 minutes total, add the zucchini/ bell pepper mixture and combine. Return to oven for 7 more minutes.

    Next place shredded lettuce on top of pita or naan bread. Then top with the vegetable/chicken mixture and then with cucumbers and tzatziki sauce. Feel free to add some grape or cherry tomatoes for an extra burst of flavor. This chicken vegetable shawarma is so fresh and light yet filling, it's sure to have you going back for more!

    Other Flavorful Healthy Meals:

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    Sheet Pan Jerk Chicken

    Shrimp and Vegetable Pad Thai

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    chicken shawarma

    Chicken Shawarma With Vegetables


    ★★★★★

    5 from 3 reviews

    • Author: Nicole
    • Total Time: 47 minutes
    • Yield: 8 servings 1x
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    Description

    This Chicken Shawarma is bursting with a mouth-watering flavor. It's packed full of vegetables, healthy as can be and can be made quickly!


    Ingredients

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    For the shawarma:

    • 1 ½ pounds raw chicken breasts, in 1 inch cubes
    • 1 large red onion
    • 1 medium sized sweet potato
    • 4 large carrots
    • 1 large head of broccoli
    • 1 small head of cauliflower
    • 1 medium zucchini
    • 1 bell pepper (any color, I chose red)
    • 2 cucumbers: 1 ⅔ thinly sliced, ⅓ finely minced or shredded for tzatziki sauce
    • 3 Tablespoons olive oil, divided

    For the spice mix:

    • 1 ½ teaspoons cumin
    • 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
    • 1 teaspoon turmeric 
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder or 2 cloves
    • ¾ teaspoon oregano
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon ginger
    • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

    For the tzatziki sauce:

    • ¾ cup greek yogurt
    • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
    • pinch of salt
    • ⅓ cucumber finely minced

    Optional for serving:

    • Pitas or naan bread.
    • cherry or grape tomatoes 

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
    2. Finely slice purple onion. Chop broccoli, carrots, cauliflower and sweet potato. 
    3. Toss in 2 Tablespoons olive oil
    4. Whisk spices together in a small bowl then sprinkle about ¾ on top of vegetables and mix to combine
    5. Lightly grease a sheet pan and spread vegetables on top
    6. Bake in oven 8 minutes, then add chicken tossed in 1 teaspoon olive oil, mix and bake an additional 12 minutes.
    7.  While baking, chop zucchini and bell pepper. Toss in remaining olive oil and sprinkle on the rest of spice mixture and mix well.
    8. After the vegetables have baked 20 minutes total (the first 8 and the second 12) pull out and stir in the remaining vegetables. Bake an additional 7 minutes.
    9. Thinly slice cucumbers.

    Make the Tzatziki:

    1. Whisk together greek yogurt, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt. Mix in cucumber.

    Assemble:

    1. Place shredded lettuce on top of pita bread. Top with chicken/ vegetable mixture, cucumbers and tzatziki sauce, and tomatoes if desired. Dig in and enjoy this fresh delicious meal!

     

    Notes

    This can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. If making ahead of time, do not assemble until ready to eat. This also makes amazing leftovers as the flavors deepen over time.

    Feel free to get creative! This can be served on a bed of lettuce, rice or quinoa too! Substitute out any vegetables you feel like, and even swap out the chicken with chick peas for a meatless meal.

    • Prep Time: 20
    • Cook Time: 27
    • Category: dinner
    • Method: baking
    • Cuisine: Mediterranean

    Keywords: chicken vegetable shawarma, chicken shawarma, shawarma, veg shawarma, mediterranean food, homemade shawarma, chicken shawarma wrap, chicken shawarma recipe, chicken shawarma

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    1. JCaryl

      September 09, 2021 at 8:42 am

      These are. a family favorite we keep coming back to. There's a lot of flavor and they are easy to make. Kids love them and it's healthy!

      ★★★★★

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      • Seema

        December 27, 2021 at 7:41 pm

        This is an absolute rainbow eat. Such colourful fresh veggies, Tzatziki sauce make the shawarma a must try.

        ★★★★★

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    2. veenaazmanov

      September 27, 2021 at 9:43 pm

      This is so yummy. A meal by itself. Delicious Chicken, healthy combination of veggies. Perfect spices and sauces. Kids to enjoy every bite of it.

      ★★★★★

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