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One Pot Chicken Shawarma Rice – Easy One Pan Dinner

This recipe brings together tender chicken thighs and perfectly cooked rice, infused with rich shawarma spices in one pot for a quick, flavorful meal.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4 servings
Calories 600 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Pressure cooker

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 1.5 pounds Chicken thighs bone-in
  • 1.5 cups Long grain rice rinsed well
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • Shawarma seasoning mixed spices
  • 1 cup Chicken broth
  • Lemon juice fresh
  • Parsley chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

Instructions

  • Set the pressure cooker to sauté mode and heat oil. Add onions and garlic, sauté until soft.
  • Add chicken thighs, season with shawarma spices. Sear until lightly browned.
  • Add rinsed rice evenly over chicken. Pour chicken broth carefully.
  • Seal lid and set cooker to high pressure for 12 minutes.
  • After cooking, use natural release for 10 minutes.
  • Quick release remaining pressure. Fluff rice with a fork.
  • Mix chicken into the rice.
  • Sprinkle parsley and lemon juice on top.
  • Serve hot, optionally with yogurt or salad.

Notes

If you don’t have bone-in thighs, boneless work fine just reduce pressure cooking time by a couple minutes. Use pre-mixed shawarma spice blends to skip mixing your own.