Dinner at a shwarma restaurant was not in the afternoon date
plans. That’s OK. Husband and I made our own version of Avenger’s shwarma for
dinner featuring ground turkey instead of chicken, lamb, or ground beef.
Why?
Because I like ground turkey and that’s what we had on hand.
HULK LIKE TURKEY TOO!
If you are a vegetarian, give my Shwarma Black Bean burger recipe a try instead.
Shwarma Burger Recipe
You will need:
3 tablespoons Shwarma spices
- I buy my shwarma spices premixed at a local international grocery store. Most
of those little local shops have better price and selection on spices than my
traditional chain grocery store. If you can’t find premixed shwarma spices for
sale, use this
shwarma spice recipe to mix your own.
If you have picky eaters, it is OK to serve your shwarma on a hamburger bun with or without the taziki sauce. Feel free to invoke the old, “Thor and Captain America eat their shwarma with vegetables on it” if need be.
Sometimes you have to think like SHIELD agent to get a kid to try something you know they will like. Nick Fury would approve.
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3. Cloves (or 3
teaspoons) minced garlic
2 teaspoons salt
1 Teaspoon pepper
½ cup lemon juice
1 pound of ground turkey
Make it:
1. Mix
the shwarma spices, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and ground turkey in a
bowl.
2. Allow the mixture to marinade for an hour to overnight in the refrigerator.
This allows the Shwarma spices to marinate for better flavor.
3. Roll
the mixture into ball and flatten it to make a patty.
4. Broil or grill the burgers until completely cooked
through. I chose the grill.
5. Shwarma time!
Shwarma is traditionally sliced into strips and either
served in a pita or wrap with shredded lettuce, tomato and topped with taziki
sauce. Taziki sauce isn’t difficult or
expensive to make. Learn how to make my Taziki sauce recipe right here.
I often use leftover Taziki sauce as salad dressing.
If you have picky eaters, it is OK to serve your shwarma on a hamburger bun with or without the taziki sauce. Feel free to invoke the old, “Thor and Captain America eat their shwarma with vegetables on it” if need be.
Sometimes you have to think like SHIELD agent to get a kid to try something you know they will like. Nick Fury would approve.
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