Lebanese Shawarma

Name: Lebanese Shawarma
Prep time: 240 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 270 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Lebanese Coastal & Mountain
Ingredients: 1 kg lamb/chicken/beef; 3 tbsp shawarma spice (cumin, coriander, allspice, cardamom, cinnamon); garlic, lemon, olive oil, yogurt (for chicken); toum (garlic sauce) / tarator (tahini sauce); pita/markook, pickles

Spit-roasted, spice-marinated meat shaved into warm bread with toum and pickles — the Levant's most exported street food, born from the Ottoman vertical spit.

4 hr 30 min · Serves 6 · Medium

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Meat

1 kglamb/chicken/beef, zabiha; thinly sliced, stacked

Marinade

3 tbspshawarma spice (cumin, coriander, allspice, cardamom, cinnamon)
garlic, lemon, olive oil, yogurt (for chicken)

Serve

toum (garlic sauce) / tarator (tahini sauce)
pita/markook, pickles

Method

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Time: Prep 240 min · Cook 30 min · 270 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Marinate thinly sliced meat in spices, garlic, lemon, oil (yogurt for chicken). Rest 4 hrs+.
240 min
2
Roast on a vertical spit (or roast/grill stacked layers, then crisp shavings on a hot pan).
25 min
3
Shave thin; wrap in bread with toum/tarator and pickles.
5 min