Greetings!
I’m making chicken shawarma this weekend, using my Weber grill and rotisserie attachment. I’ve only ever used the rotisserie attachment to make whole chickens, which have been excellent. I’ve done research on this recipe/cook but there isn’t any definitive source that I want to emulate. So I have some questions I’m hoping the community can help me answer.
Q1: Currently, my plan is to use Weber’s recipe for chicken shawarma. But I’m also a fan of Kenji’s Halal Cart Chicken as well as the NY Times Cooking recipe for Spiced Roast Chicken. Does anyone have any experience using these recipes on the grill? WIth a rotisserie would be even better. I’m also open to a different recipe from someone who has made something similar (grill/rotisserie/chicken shawarma) that they swear by.
Q2: Cooking with the actual rotisserie isn’t an issue. But I do have questions about carving it as it cooks or not. Part of what makes shawarma so great is the sliced off pieces as it cooks and then letting the next layer get a char of its own. But I don’t really want to take the rotisserie off and on (I don’t have a setup that would allow me to easily slice meat off the rotisserie while it cooks…my hairy arms will be aflame!). I want to believe that there is enough surface area that there will be enough charred meat for everyone and it will pair well with the tender, marinated meat more central to the rotisserie skewer. Thoughts? Does anyone have any experience slicing meat off? Leaving it on? Pros and cons? Etc and forever on…
Q3: I have to put a roasting pan under the shawarma while it cooks. I’d be fool not put some onions and pepper in there. Right? It never crossed my mind when making whole chickens but this is a no brainer…right?
Anyways, thanks to any and all feedback. To be clear, I’ve made Kenji and the NY Times chicken plenty of times, they’re very good. What I need feedback on is using one of these (or a different) recipes in conjunction with my grill and rotisserie.
Thanks everyone!!!