Pulled Chicken Shawarma Sandwich | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with pulled chicken schwarma sandwich. That's right. If you know what you're doing, and by the end of this video, you will, you can make a pulled chicken that's every bit as succulent and satisfying as pulled pork. And when you factor in the always irresistible shura spice, this, my friends, is a sandwich you're not going to want to miss.

And to get started, in a small bowl, we'll mix together some salt, some

cumin, some sumac, some smoked paprika, some chili powder, some freshly ground black pepper, some garlic powder, some turmeric, some ground cloves, some cayenne pepper, and then last but not least, some ground cinnamon, and then we'll go ahead and mix that up with a freakishly small wooden spoon. And our schwarma spice blend is done. And once that's set, we'll take a big old chicken and transfer it into a big old pot.

And I think the bigger the better. And this

one was almost 5 lbs. And then to that, we will add some sliced garlic and onion. Followed by about half of our schwarma spice mix. Okay, we're actually going to use that three times. All right, once to cook the chicken, once to season the chicken, and then we'll also sprinkle a little bit over our finished sandwich.

But anyway, once about half's been transferred in, we'll top that with a quart of cold fresh water, which is only going to come up the chicken about

halfway, which might not seem like enough, but trust me, it's going to be fine. And what we'll do is place this over high heat, and we will wait for it to come to a boil, at which point we'll back our heat down to low or somewhere between low and medium low. And we will cover this, and we will let it simmer gently for 20 minutes.