Chicken Schwarma

Here is the chicken schwarma part of the dinner yesterday, it was absolutely delicious! Here is the recipe:

1 1/2 pounds of chicken
2 cups of plain or greek yogurt
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of fenugreek seed
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon of Za'atar
1/2 of a cucumber, peeled, seeded, and sliced
2 teaspoons of dill

Put the chicken in a large bowl, and add the yogurt, garlic, cumin, fenugreek seed, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and the za'atar, mix to combine everything. Put everything in a bag, and marinate the chicken for about 4 hours in the refrigerator.

Meanwhile, mix some extra yogurt, olive oil, salt, pepper, dill, and the cucumber in a small bowl, and set aside.

Take the chicken out of the bag, and grill on medium until cooked, about 15 minutes. Get some nice grill marks on it.

Serve in stuffed pita (next blog post) and serve with the yogurt sauce (tzatziki)

Enjoy!