Chicken Shawarma, Noodle rice and Salad with special sauce

 Chicken Shawarma 

Derived from RecipeTinEats and Thomasina Miers

Combine marinade mix in a bag and add chicken thighs (boneless or bone-in); Marinate for at leats a couple of hours. Then put chicken on the bbq or bake/grill at high temp in the oven.  Slice up after cooking for easy serving.

Marinade: 

• 1 large garlic clove crushed
• ▢ 1 tbsp ground coriander
• ▢ 1 tbsp ground cumin
• ▢ 1 tbsp ground cardamon
• ▢ 1 tsp chipotle powder
• ▢ 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ▢ 2 tsp salt
• ▢ Black pepper
• ▢ 2 tbsp lemon juice
• ▢ 3 tbsp olive oil
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Noodle rice 

Using a heavy bottomed pot with a lid, fry approx 1/4 cup vermicelli noodles in a small amount of oil until browned.  Add 3/4 cup basmati rice and stir until all covered in oil.  Add 2 cups chicken or veg bouillon. Reduce heat to low, and cook without stirring until rice is ready. 

Special sauce 

From Thomasina Miers

Combine in a clean jam jar and shake well:

a few spoonfuls of yogurt
1 garlic clove, crushed
½ tsp flaky sea salt
20g tahini
1 tsp honey
50-100ml extra-virgin olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon

Adjust to taste. Pour over salad, chicken etc.