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Nigerian Shawarma

Also known as Nigerian Shawarma (Chicken or Beef Wrap)

The Nigerian roadside wrap: spiced grilled chicken or beef, shredded cabbage, carrot, cucumber, sausage or gizzard, and a thick spicy mayonnaise, rolled in a flour tortilla or shawarma bread. Lebanese in origin, fully Naija in the filling.

Nigerian Shawarma, Nigerian cooking

Ingredients

  • 500 g of boneless chicken or beef, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon each of curry, thyme, paprika and cayenne
  • Salt and a seasoning cube
  • 4 large flour tortillas or shawarma breads
  • 2 cups of shredded cabbage
  • 1 carrot, shredded
  • Cucumber sticks and sliced tomato
  • 2 boiled sausages or peppered gizzards, sliced, optional
  • ½ cup of mayonnaise mixed with 1 tablespoon of chilli sauce

Method

  1. 01

    Marinate the meat with the spices, salt and cube for at least 20 minutes. Grill or pan-fry until cooked and slightly charred.

  2. 02

    Warm the bread. Spread spicy mayo, add cabbage, carrot, cucumber, tomato, meat and sausage.

  3. 03

    Roll tightly, toast the seam on a hot pan if you like a crisp wrap, and serve immediately.

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