Take your weeknight meals to a new level with this Chicken Shawarma Recipe. The chicken is simple to make and works great in rice bowls with your favorite toppings. Basmati rice is topped with chicken shawarma, tabbouleh, red onion, hummus, yogurt and lettuce to make the perfect, weeknight meal.
CHICKEN SHAWARMA RECIPE
Let’s celebrate rice month with rice bowls. There is no better way to celebrate, right?
Rice bowls are one of my favorite go-to lunches or dinners in my house. I love that they are easy to put together and how versatile they are. You can create the perfect, well balanced meal all in one simple bowl. Today’s Chicken Shawarma Recipe is simple to make and so flavorful. The chicken works great as part of a rice bowl with your favorite mediterranean ingredients. I love a recipe that includes your protein and creates a full meal like this Chicken Souvlaki Salad or these Sheet Pan Honey Balsamic Chicken Tenders.
This rice bowl uses aromatic basmati rice paired with juicy, flavorful chicken shawarma and is topped with hummus, yogurt, a tabbouleh inspired salad, cucumbers, red onions and served with pita wedges. The best part about a meal like this is that I can set out all of the ingredients for my family and they can create their favorite bowl based on their tastes. The sky is the limit with things you can add to this bowl including chickpeas, feta cheese, a drizzle of tahini or even pine nuts. Get creative!
The base of these Chicken Shawarma Rice Bowls is the Royal Basmati Rice . I have to tell you a little about the Royal story and their Basmati & Jasmine rice products. Their Royal® Basmati Rice grows in the foothills of the Himalayas, which is the only place authentic Basmati Rice can come from. Exceptionally fragrant, with a delicate taste and fluffy texture, it is deservedly the best-selling Basmati in America. We love rice in our house and this is a favorite.
WHAT INGREDIENTS GO IN A MEDITERRANEAN RICE BOWL?
CHICKEN SHAWARMA: The star of the show is the chicken. The marinade creates a flavorful and tender piece of meat.
RICE: Rice is the main base of your rice bowl. You can use white, basmati or brown rice.
FRESH VEGETABLES: Load up the vegetables in your bowl. I like red onion, chopped romaine, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers.
TABBOULEH: The tabbouleh is one of my favorite parts of a Mediterranean rice bowl. Try my recipe for classic tabbouleh, cauliflower tabbouleh or Greek tabbouleh.
HUMMUS: Hummus is also the star of these bowls. I love making homemade hummus like this classic hummus, roasted red pepper or lemon hummus.
As we get into the swing of the school year having easy meals the whole family will like is the key to meal time success. These Chicken Shawarma Rice Bowls are a nice way to incorporate healthy ingredients into one meal.
TRY THESE HOMEMADE HUMMUS RECIPES TO PAIR WITH YOUR RICE BOWL:
Take your weeknight meals to a new level with this Chicken Shawarma Recipe. The chicken is simple to make and works great in rice bowls with your favorite toppings. Basmati rice is topped with chicken shawarma, tabbouleh, red onion, hummus, yogurt and lettuce to make the perfect, weeknight meal. Chicken Shawarma Recipe
Ingredients
For the chicken shawarma:
For the tabbouleh:
Additional rice bowl toppings:
Instructions
Matt says
October 4, 2017 at 12:03 pmLook at that bowl – so vibrant and flavorful!
Julia says
October 4, 2017 at 12:20 pmThanks Matt! It is packed with flavor.
Jennifer Lehner says
October 4, 2017 at 3:08 pmI love rice bowls! 🙂
Julia says
October 5, 2017 at 2:14 pmI do too! We make them a lot.
Kris says
October 4, 2017 at 3:19 pmThese look so good! I want to make them this week!
Julia says
October 5, 2017 at 2:13 pmI hope you like them.
Julie @ Table for Two says
October 5, 2017 at 6:30 amI LOVE chicken shawarma!! Putting it in a rice bowl is genius!
Julia says
October 5, 2017 at 2:13 pmChicken shawarma is my favorite too!
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says
October 6, 2017 at 9:43 amThis looks so good!!! Pass me a giant bowl!
Terri | Love and Confections says
October 7, 2017 at 12:17 amI love food in bowls and this is going on my dinner menu soon. Everything sounds fantastic!
Lynn says
October 30, 2018 at 6:36 pmI was confused about tabbouleh. Am I correct to say that the basmati rice with the other tabbouleh ingredients would be the tabbouleh? I always thought tabbouleh was made with bulger wheat. Please set me straight. Thank you.
Julia says
November 1, 2018 at 6:42 amIn this case I did rice as the base and added tabbouleh which you would make separately. Yes, tabbouleh traditionally has bulgur in it. Here is a recipe I have on my site for it: https://www.acedarspoon.com/taste-my-tabouleh/
Victoria says
March 19, 2019 at 7:15 amAm gonna prepare this delicacy this weekend.
Thanks for always sharing…
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