Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce

4 servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.

Tracking PixelChicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant. Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce may sound like they take a long time to make, but with just a few spices and a high heat oven they roast in just 20 minutes with delicious sweet red onions. Topped with tomatoes and cucumbers and a dill-Greek yogurt sauce and your lunchbox or picnic or lunch party will be a total hit.  Add in a refreshing Pure Leaf® Mint Flavor Iced Tea from Pure Leaf®,  who generously sponsored this post, for a perfect, complete, on-the-go lunch!

Most Shawarma is made by layering meat on a large metal rod and spinning it near a source of high heat. To replicate that flavor as easily as possible I added the chicken to a sheet pan in a very hot oven to keep moisture while browning the outsides of the chicken without burning the spices. If we were to cook the chicken in a skillet the spices may turn bitter affecting the flavor. Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.

While your chicken is in the oven you have just enough time to get the rest of the pita components ready to go making this meal ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish.  The yogurt sauce is a take on a tzaziki, but made easy by just using a few ingredients like yogurt, garlic and dill. By the time you’re ready to enjoy the meal at lunch the garlic flavor in the yogurt will be perfect.

Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.

The mint in the Pure Leaf® Mint Flavor Iced Tea pairs amazingly with the spices on the chicken including the turmeric and the paprika. The dill yogurt sauce also pairs well with the Pure Leaf® Mint Flavor Iced Tea flavor as the dill adds a fresh herb flavor.

Pure Leaf® iced teas are always brewed from real tea leaves and are never made from concentrate. With the premium quality of Pure Leaf Iced Teas you will know you’re getting authentically brewed great tasting and refreshing teas.

Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.

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Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce

Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.
  Pairs well with Pure Leaf® Mint Flavor Iced Tea.
Yield 4 servings
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Greek
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

Chicken and Onions:

  • 2 lemons juiced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2  teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/8 teaspoon  cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 large red onion peeled and cut into wedges
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Assembly:

  • 4 pitas
  • 2 roma tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber chopped

Yogurt Sauce:

  • 1 cup Greek Yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons fresh dill chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced

Instructions

To cook the chicken:

  • Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
  • To make the chicken add the lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, red pepper flakes and chicken to a large bowl, then use tongs to  combine and mix.
  • Carefully mix the onion wedges with the last tablespoon of olive oil.
  • On your sheet pan spread out the onion wedges and chicken thighs.
  • Put the sheet pan in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until browned and cooked through.

To assemble the pitas:

  • On top of each pita add ¼ of the tomatoes, chicken, onions, cucumbers and yogurt sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 593kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 61g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 148mg | Sodium: 1174mg | Potassium: 1329mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 940IU | Vitamin C: 41.7mg | Calcium: 167mg | Iron: 3.3mg
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Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pure Leaf® Tea.  Find more Pure Leaf® inspired recipes here.

Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.
Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.
Chicken Shawarma Pita Wraps with Dill Yogurt Sauce are baked on a sheet pan with sweet red onions and wrapped in a pita for the ultimate lunch without the long lines at your favorite lunch restaurant.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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    1. The marinade gets 2 tablespoons of oil. The additional tablespoon is for the onion wedges. So sorry for the confusion. I edited it to clarify 🙂 Thanks for letting me know.

  1. Those look luscious, I can’t think of anything I’d enjoy more right now!

  2. Oh my goodness…these look heavenly! These chicken wraps are perfect for a weekend brunch, supper, or watch party!