Shawarma chicken kebabs
Serves 4 Takes 30 mins, plus 20 mins cooking and marinating time £2.81 a portion 474 kcals, 9g fat, 1g sat. fat a portion Not suitable for freezing
4 chicken breasts, each sliced into
5 pieces 4 fatbreads 1 small tub of houmous ½ cucumber, deseeded and diced,
to serve 1 red onion, thinly sliced (optional),
to serve 3 ripe plum tomatoes, deseeded and
diced, to serve
FOR THE MARINADE
80g low-fat plain yogurt 2 cloves of garlic, crushed fnely grated rind and juice of ½ lemon ½ tsp cumin ½ tsp dried oregano ½ tsp ground cinnamon
FOR THE CHILLI SAUCE
4 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 small red onion, diced 2 red chillies, roughly chopped (optional) 1 fresh tomato, diced 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly
chopped 1 tsp dried chilli fakes 2 tbsp tomato purée 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
Marinate the chicken
Mix the marinade ingredients in a large bowl, add the slices of chicken and leave in the fridge for about 2 hours. If you’re going to use wooden skewers, leave them to soak in water.
Griddle the skewers
Remove the chicken pieces and thread them on to the skewers. Preheat a griddle pan or a barbecue and cook the kebabs for 7–8 minutes on each side, or until cooked through.
Make the chilli sauce
Put the sauce ingredients into a blender or food processor and whizz to a fine paste. Transfer the sauce to a small pan and heat it through for 3–4 minutes, adding a little water to loosen it if necessary. Season with a little salt to taste.
Serve
Toast the flatbreads and spread with houmous. Serve with the kebabs, some cucumber, slices of onion, if using, tomato and as much chilli sauce as you can handle!