Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

This Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe is just 392 calories per wrap. It has nearly 55g of protein and makes a great easy dinner, or delicious lunch.

In this article you’ll learn how to make chicken shawarma wraps, and how to keep them healthy with low calorie cooking tips.

Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

We will supply you with a delicious chicken shawarma marinade, and a homemade tzatziki sauce for chicken shawarma recipes.

This chicken shawarma pita is filled with marinated shawarma spiced chicken, veggies and yummy homemade shawarma sauce. You’ll want to make this fantastic recipe every week.

This Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe is just 392 calories per wrap and has nearly 55g of protein…

Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

To make this chicken shawarma recipe easy… we’ve supplied you with lots of helpful sections.

From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card. You’ll even find low calorie cooking tips and a nutrition label!

In the sections below you’ll learn what is chicken shawarma chicken made with, how it’s made, and how to make chicken shawarma healthy…

What You’ll Find in this Article:

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Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this healthy chicken shawarma wrap recipe to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.

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Chicken Shawarma Ingredients

The marinade for chicken shawarma, and the spices for chicken shawarma are what makes this dish so flavorful, without being heavy and full of calories.

Low Calorie Tips for Making Chicken Shawarma Pita Recipes:

  • Olive oil spray: Skip the oil in the marinade, and use olive oil spray when it’s time to cook.
  • Lots of Spices: Adding lots of spices ensures that the chicken will never be boring… because everyone is already sick of boring chicken recipes!
  • Lemon Juice: Citrus is great for tenderizing meat, for practically zero calories. In this recipe we use both the lemon zest, and the lemon juice to boost the flavor in the ingredients for chicken shawarma.
Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

Shopping List for Chicken Shawarma Recipe:

Chicken Shawarma Ingredients:

  • Lemon
  • Ground coriander
  • Cumin
  • Paprika
  • Salt
  • Cayenne pepper
  • Garlic 
  • Boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • Olive oil spray

Shawarma Wrap Ingredients:

Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this recipe for shawarma chicken you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this recipe for chicken shawarma wrap can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.

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How to Make Chicken Shawarma Wraps

One of the best ways to eat chicken shawarma, is in a wrap. In this section you will find directions on how to make a shawarma recipe healthy and low in calories. Plus, you’ll find information on our favorite low calorie sandwich wraps…

Equipment for Making a Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe:

How to Make a Shawarma Wrap:

  1. Add the lemon zest and juice, coriander, cumin, paprika, salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic cloves to a gallon freezer bag, or large shallow bowl.
  2. Use a small knife to butterfly cut the chicken breasts, then place each into the bag. Marinate for 1-24 hours.
  3. Heat a large skillet over medium low heat. Spray with olive oil. Add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes on each side, until cooked through.
  4. Move the chicken to a plate, to rest for five minutes, then slice thin.
  5. To each sandwich wrap, add 1/4 of the cooked chicken Shawarma, tomato slices, onions, Romain, and homemade tzatziki sauce.
  6. Serve hot, with warrants a tzatziki sauce should you desire.

Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!

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Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

This low calorie chicken shawarma wrap recipe is just 392 calories per large wrap!

In the sections below you will find more low calorie Greek and Mediterranean recipes, and some low-calorie french fries that go great with chicken Shawarma wraps.

Healthy Chicken Shawarma Wrap Recipe

LOW CALORIE Chicken Shawarma Wraps

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This healthy chicken Shawarma wrap recipe is just 392 calories! And this article will teach you how to make chicken Shawarma wraps healthy, and low in calories.
The Chicken Shawarma recipe comes with a homemade chicken Shawarma marinade, and a Tzatziki sauce for chicken Shawarma.
5 from 27 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Marinate time: 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course lunch, Main Course
Cuisine greek, Mediterranean
Servings 4 servings
Calories 392 kcal

Ingredients
  

Chicken Shawarma Ingredients:

  • 1 lemon zested then juiced
  • 1 tablespoon ground coriander
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • Olive oil spray

Shawarma Wrap Ingredients:

Instructions
 

  • Add the lemon zest and juice, coriander, cumin, paprika, salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic cloves to a gallon freezer bag, or large shallow bowl.
  • Use a small knife to butterfly cut the chicken breasts, then place each into the bag. Marinate in the fridge for 1-24 hours.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium low heat. Spray with olive oil. Add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes on each side, until cooked through.
  • Move the chicken to a plate, to rest for five minutes, then slice thin.
  • To each sandwich wrap, add 1/4 of the cooked chicken Shawarma, tomato slices, onions, Romain, and homemade tzatziki sauce.
  • Serve hot, with warrants a tzatziki sauce should you desire.

Nutrition

Serving: 1wrapCalories: 392kcalCarbohydrates: 11.3gProtein: 53.9gFat: 11.6gSaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 415mgPotassium: 166mgFiber: 18.1gSugar: 2.4gCalcium: 36mgIron: 2mg
Keyword lunch, Main Course
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Nutrition and Calories in Chicken Shawarma Recipes

Thanks to our low calorie cooking tips (above!) you can enjoy an entire chicken shawarma wrap for just 392 calories!

You can find more low calorie recipes like this one in the next section.

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