Chicken Shawarma Bowls
with Couscous, Israeli Salad & Garlicky White Sauce
- Sesame
- Milk
Buckle up, because the power bowl just got a whole lot more powerful. Yep, this Mediterranean-style dish is a veritable one-bowl feast that’s positively bursting with flavor. Fluffy turmeric-spiced couscous is topped with yogurt-marinated chicken strips, lemony roasted zucchini and tomato, creamy hummus, garlicky white sauce, and a drizzle of hot sauce. Yep, it doesn’t get much better than digging into all that!
Ingredients
4 tablespoon
Hummus
(Contains: Sesame)
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Lemon
4 tablespoon
Yogurt
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
1 tablespoon
Shawarma Spice Blend
2.5 ounce
French Couscous
1 unit
Tomato
1 clove
Garlic
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
1 unit
Shallot
Not included in your delivery
4 teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
2 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry all produce. • Peel and mince garlic. • In a medium bowl, combine yogurt, half the garlic, half the Shawarma Spice (you’ll use the rest later), 1 TBSP olive oil, 1 tsp salt, and pepper. (For 4 servings, use 2 TBSP olive oil and 2 tsp salt.) • Pat chicken* dry with paper towels; add to bowl and turn to coat. Set aside to marinate.
• Halve cucumber lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise into half-moons. Finely dice tomato. Halve, peel, and thinly slice shallot. Zest and quarter lemon. • In a small bowl, combine sour cream and remaining garlic to taste. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
• In a second medium bowl, combine cucumber, tomato, and half the shallot. Toss with a drizzle of olive oil, a big squeeze of lemon juice, a pinch of lemon zest, salt, and pepper.
• Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium heat. • Remove chicken from marinade; allow excess to drip off. Add chicken to pan and cook until browned and cooked through, 6-8 minutes per side. TIP: Medium heat is key in preventing the marinade from burning. If chicken begins to brown too quickly, lower the heat. • Turn off heat; transfer chicken to a cutting board. Once cool enough to handle, slice crosswise.
• While chicken cooks, heat a drizzle of olive oil in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add remaining shallot; cook until slightly softened, 1 minute. • Add stock concentrates, remaining Shawarma Spice, ¾ cup water, 1 TBSP butter, and a pinch of salt. (For 4 servings, use 1½ cups water and 2 TBSP butter.) • Once boiling, stir in couscous; cover pot and remove from heat. Let stand until water has absorbed and couscous is tender, at least 5 minutes.
• Fluff couscous with a fork; add a pinch of lemon zest and season with salt and pepper. • Divide couscous between bowls; top with chicken and add salad to one side. Dollop with hummus. Drizzle with white sauce and hot sauce to taste. Serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the shawarma spice blend, calling it delicious and flavorful; some found it a bit salty or heavy on cumin.
- Ease of prep: Most found it quick and easy to make, though some felt it took longer than expected or was a bit fussy.
- Suggestions: Consider adding pita bread, using Israeli couscous instead of French, and adjusting garlic and shallot amounts to taste 🍲.
- Leftovers: Tastes great hot or cold; some found it even better the next day when flavors melded.
- Portions: Several wanted more chicken or sauce; a few suggested adding extra veggies to bulk up the salad.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was really good, better than shawarma I got last week from a local Egyptian restaurant. I think the portions were just right, though I wish there was cucumber and tomato salad. I nearly messed up the chicken marinade though because I didn't realize there was 2 packets of yogurt. I recommend putting it in the instructions "open both packets of yogurt" or something like that. Thankfully I realized my mistake early on. I'd definitely order this again.
HF Shawarma is one of our favorites. I made chicken flavored rice for everyone else because they prefer Israeli Couscous to the french. I ate all the couscous and leftover salad and chicken myself between dinner and lunch. This salad is also really good served in italian salad dressing (kids prefer theirs this way).
This was our "let's try something new" meal for the week. We were pleasantly surprised that we all enjoyed it. The texture of the couscous was a bit odd at first but we ended up liking it very well. Loved the cool fresh Israeli Salad with the warm meal. Perfect compliment.
I love mediterranean food. This recipe took some extra work, but overall tasted good. I think the chicken cutlets really need to be actual cutlets which are fairly flat and equal in size for it to work and cook evenly. I received two bulky round pieces of chicken that were not cutlets and should have had extra steps to pound to even thickness to cook well. Also think the shawarma seasoning tastes better when applied on top of a yogurt layer rather than marinaded together.
I am obsessed with this recipe. The chicken shawarma bowls in any variety will always be selected by me. Great flavors. Love the cucumber salad. Your recipes for rice alternatives are always flavorful.
This is not something I would normally make, however, when I was reading the list to my husband he wanted to try this. Winner! Winner! Chicken shawarma bowls dinner! Tasted just like the restaurant! Glad we tried it!
I have not eaten couscous before but am beginning to like it. I prefer it to rice which is unexpected. The Israeli salad was very good and easy to prepare. I had enjoyed it on a trip to Israel two years ago.
My husband and I loved this recipe! My husband especially loved the Israeli salad! The only reason I'm not giving this recipe 4 stars is because my kids didn't like it. They were ok with the chicken, they complained about the couscous, and they refused to eat the salad. I think this is more of a date night in dinner.
The couscous had great flavor, as well as chicken spices, the garlic sauce and salad added a fresh off-set to the other flavors.
Absolutely scrumptious and flavorful and easier to make than I thought it would be! I wish that Shawarma Spice Blend was available at my local market so I can recreate this recipe in the future.
