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a bowl with rice, lettuce mix, mediterranean salad, and grilled chicken shawarma

Healthy Chicken Shawarma Bowl

Looking for healthy chicken breast recipes? This shawarma-inspired rice bowl is simple, very nutritious, and is perfect for lunch or dinner.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Marinating Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 6 Servings

Ingredients
  

Grilled Chicken Shawarma

  • 4 chicken breasts approximately 850g
  • ⅛ cup olive oil
  • ⅛ cup lemon juice
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 Tbsp shawarma spices
  • ½ Tbsp salt

Sumac Salad

  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes
  • ½ English cucumber
  • ½ cup fresh parsley
  • ¼ red onion
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sumac
  • 2 tsp olive oil

Lettuce Mix

Tahini Sauce

  • ½ cup tahini
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 small garlic cloves (or 1 large)
  • ½ teaspoons salt

Instructions
 

For the Grilled Chicken

  • Start by slicing each chicken breast in half, you can cut the chicken however you want.
    In a bowl, combine olive oil, lemon juice, shawarma spices, salt, and minced garlic cloves. Mix everything.
    preparing chicken marinate by cutting chicken and combining spices with olive oil
  • Add the chicken and allow to marinate, in the fridge, for 30 minutes (you can keep them longer).
    adding chicken to bowl with sauce to marinate
  • Place the chicken on a baking rack (this is an important tool to get that BBQ-style chicken in the oven). Broil on 500℉ (260℃) for 30 minutes.
    grilled chicken in the oven with a crispy finish

For the Cooked Rice

  • Cook your rice based on the type:
    Basmati: 1 cup rice + 1½ cups water, simmer 12–15 mins
    Brown rice: 1 cup rice + 2½ cups water, simmer 35–40 mins
    Jasmine: 1 cup rice + 1½ cups water, simmer about 15 mins

For the Sumac Salad

  • Wash and chop your fresh parsley, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion. Add the vegetables to a bowl, sprinkle with salt and sumac, drizzle with olive oil, and mix everything together.
    making mediteranean salad by chopping everything and mixing together

For the Lettuce Mix

  • Wash and chop romaine or iceberg lettuce, then season with salt, lemon juice, and olive oil. Toss well.
    steps to make a lettuce mix including ingredients list and bowl with chopped lettuce and seasoning

For the Tahini Sauce (Tarator)

  • To make the tarator, or tahini sauce, combine all the ingredients in a jar and blend everything toghether until the mixture is smooth. If the sauce is a bit thick, add water a bit at a time until you are happy with the consistency.
    blending tahini sauce ingredients in a jar to make tarator

To Assemble Plate

  • Start with rice, add the seasoned lettuce and sumac salad, top with grilled chicken slices, then drizzle with tarator.

Notes

  • Nutrition info is estimated and may vary based on ingredients and portions. For the most accurate details, consider using a nutrition tool or checking our full Nutrition Information Disclaimer.
  • The calories estimated are based on 6 servings with 1/2 cup of cooked basmati rice for each serving. 

Nutrition

Calories: 630kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 52gFat: 24g
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