True shawarma is cooked with stacked, spice-marinated meats– lamb, turkey, chicken, beef, or a mix of meats– on a vertical spit. Mix black pepper, coriander, cumin, paprika, cinnamon, turmeric, and cayenne in a small bowl. Shawarma is the Middle Eastern version of a large vertical shish kebab known as doner kebab in Turkey and gyro in Greece. butter and 1 Tbsp. The shawarma turns and cooks on the spit for hours and hours, basted in fat and its own juices. Okay, so technically this recipe should actually be called Shawarma-Style Chicken. oil in a large skillet over medium. It's made by impaling layers …

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