Spicy Chicken Shawarma Pizza Pie

Shawarm’s are super spicy juicy in pita and on pizza. This pizza recipe combines the flavorful ingredients of a traditional pizza with the spicy spices of juicy shawarma.

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TOPPINGS

• 2 cups Chicken Shawarma instructions below*
• 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese shredded 
• ½ cup Cucumber diced
• ½ cup Lettuce chopped
• ½ cup Tomato diced

SAUCE

• 1¼ cup Yogurt Sauce instructions below*

WILD DOUGH

• 1 cup Sourdough Starter active
• 1 cup Bread Flour
• 1 tsp Salt

Chicken Shawarma*

• 5 chicken thighs boneless, skinless
• 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tbsp Cardamom
• 1 tbsp Coriander
• 1 tbsp Cumin
• 1 tbsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Pepper
• ¼ cup Oil

Yogurt Sauce*

• 1½ cup Greek Yogurt plain
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1 tsp Lemon Juice
• ½ tsp Salt
• ¼ tsp Pepper

Wild Dough (1 hour)

• Make your dough by mixing the sourdough starter flour and salt together (adding a bit of flour at a time until it takes shape but is still a little sticky) and knead the dough for about 30 seconds.
• Place the wild dough in lightly floured bowl and cover with a towel, set aside for 1 hour.  (The pizza steel needs to preheat for 1 hour as well, so preheat oven to 550 degrees after you finish making your pizza dough)

Chicken Shawarma* (12-24 hours)

• In large bowl mix together garlic powder, cardamom, coriander, cumin, paprika, salt, pepper, lemon juice and oil. Add chicken and massage with rub, get every nook and cranny. 
• Cover and refrigerate overnight (12-24 hours).
• Grill chicken on med-high heat, 6-8 minutes each side. Let cool and slice. 

Yogurt Sauce*

• In large bowl mix together Greek yogurt, garlic powder, cumin, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Reserve 1 cup for pizza sauce and put 1/4 cup of sauce into a squeeze bottle. 

PIZZA (8-10 minutes)

• Grate mozzarella, chop lettuce, and dice cucumbers and tomatoes.
• Preheat oven to 550 degrees F. with baking steel inside the oven for 1 hour.
• Flour surface and roll out the dough. Put a floured pizza peel underneath the dough. 
• Add sauce, cheese, and chicken. Pat down the toppings before putting into the oven.
• Bake pizza in the oven at 550 degrees F. for 8-10 minutes. 
• Remove pizza from oven with pizza peel. Let cool for 5 minutes. Add lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and swirl some sauce on top.

Equipment

• BAKING STEEL
• PIZZA PEEL
• PIZZA CUTTERS
• ROLLING PIN
• Squeeze Bottle

Spicy shawarma pizza super yummy!