Shawarma Hot Sauce (2024)

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What hot sauce is used on shawarma? ›

Dawson's Hot Sauce

This sauce is heavily influenced by Middle Eastern spice blends and the culture of take-out Shawarma shops. Our Shawarma Sauce is mild, incredibly bright in taste, with smooth notes from garlic, extra virgin olive oil and honey. The spice blend is familiar, yet unique in a hot sauce and a must try!

Traditionally, Shatta is made by pounding fresh red or green chilies with salt before sitting them in the sun for a few days to ferment. Afterwards the chillies are combined with extra-virgin olive oil, spices, and herbs.

The distinctive flavor of shawarma spice comes from its main ingredients, including ground cumin, coriander, and black pepper. Other additions include cinnamon, cloves, allspice and dried mint. In some recipes, you'll also find nutmeg and cardamom.

Tahini sauce: Undoubtedly the most popular option to top your shawarma is tahini sauce. This sesame based sauce is a staple in Middle Eastern cooking and very easy to make at home.

Shawarma is traditionally seasoned with spices like cardamom, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, and paprika to create a sweet-spiced, warm, and earthy flavor profile in the roasted meat.

Sumac comes from the Arabic “summaq,” which means “dark red.” It is a crimson red, astringent spice popular in Middle Eastern cooking. It's made from the berry fruit of the Rhus Coriaria shrub, which were originally grown in parts of the Mediterranean basin, then spread to Europe.

Romesco is a nutty, red pepper-based tomato sauce that is often served with fish in Spanish cuisine.

Because it's not, because of the tomatoes, I'm just adding tomatoes now, the shatta is not like an intense as chili sauce. It's not like harissa. It's not unrelentlessly chili. It's a bit milder.

It's a simple wrap made with juicy pieces of marinated chicken (or beef) left to marinate overnight or for at least 6 hours in a blend of flavorful spices and seasonings. This authentic dish captures the essence of Middle Eastern cuisine, delivering a harmonious blend of smoky char and rich seasoning.

What the heck is shawarma? ›

What is Shawarma? Shawarma is a classic Levantine Arab dish of meat (lamb, chicken, turkey, beef, or mixed meats) seasoned and placed vertically on a spit and slow roasted. It's typically sliced thinly and served with tabbouleh, fattoush salad, bread, tomato, and cucumber and various sauces.

People love shawarma because of how meaty it is while still being a healthy food to eat. The way the meat is grilled indeed added to that undeniably great taste. Moreover, it contains various vegetables and sauces and can be eaten in multiple ways. That gives people its authentic taste and unique experience.

When people in America hear the term shawarma, they think of gyro, and while gyro is prepared the same way as shawarma, it is not created using the same kind of meats. Gyro is made with ground meat, lamb, beef, or goat.

Shawarma is all about the delicious sauces that accompany the meat – typically garlic yoghurt or tahini and hommus – and the secret ingredient: pickles. Pickled vegetables are what take shawarma to a whole new plane: pickled cucumbers, turnips, and even carrots or mangoes are common.

The white sauce served with chicken shawarma is toum basically garlic sauce and beef shawarma is served with thin Tahini sauce it is a sesame seed paste.

A Middle Eastern staple, shawarma seasoning is made with a unique combination of spices including cumin, turmeric, and paprika. It's bold, bright, and unbelievably delicious. If you've never had it, you're in for a serious treat! All you have to do is combine the ingredients in a bowl, and they're good to go.

Place the marinade ingredients in a large bowl: ¼ cup olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, cardamom, paprika, cumin, crushed red pepper and cinnamon; and whisk to blend.

Shawarma is thinly sliced cuts of meat, like chicken, beef, goat, lamb, and sometimes turkey rolled into a large piece of flatbread or pita that has been steamed or heated. Inside the pita, foods like hummus, tahini, pickles, vegetables, and even french fries are added.