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Chicken Shawarma Bowls

Warm-spiced chicken over couscous with cucumber, tomato, and a lemony yogurt sauce.

Chicken Shawarma Bowls, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
35 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$12.63

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 1/2 cup couscous
  • 1 cup plain greek yogurt
  • 1 cucumber
  • 3/4 lb roma tomatoes
  • 2 lemon
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Toss the chicken thighs with 2 tablespoons olive oil, the cumin, paprika, turmeric, half the minced garlic, the salt, and the juice of one lemon. Let sit 10 minutes.

  2. Prepare the couscous with hot water or broth according to the package, then fluff with a fork and the remaining olive oil.

  3. Sear the chicken in a hot skillet 6 minutes per side until deeply browned and cooked through. Rest, then slice.

  4. Stir the yogurt with the remaining garlic, the juice of the second lemon, and a pinch of salt.

  5. Dice the cucumber and tomatoes and toss together with a pinch of salt.

  6. Build the bowls: couscous, sliced chicken, chopped salad, and a spoonful of the yogurt sauce.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 12 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£32.56£8.1412 of 12 ingredients
Australia$90.12$22.5312 of 12 ingredients
Greece37,75 €9,44 €12 of 12 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٢٢٤٫٨٤ ج.م.‏‏٣٠٦٫٢١ ج.م.‏12 of 12 ingredients
Canada$151.20$37.8012 of 12 ingredients
Spain24,27 €6,07 €12 of 12 ingredients
United States$50.53$12.6311 of 12 ingredients
Mexico$819.23$204.8110 of 12 ingredients
New Zealand$93.65$23.419 of 12 ingredients
Austria€ 18,22*€ 4,568 of 12 ingredients
Germany16,21 €*4,05 €7 of 12 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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