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Keeping things healthy and delicious with this Sheet Pan Chicken Shawarma with Sesame Sweet Potatoes and Hummus. Middle eastern seasoned chicken, roasted with sesame sweet potatoes, and served up bowl style with hummus, fresh naan, arugula, and even some feta too. This quick cooking, easy sheet pan dinner comes together in just about an hour. It’s colorful, healthy, and beyond good. Incorporate this into your weekly dinner rotation, serve it up at your next dinner party, or prep ahead of time and enjoy for lunch throughout the week.
I figured starting Monday off with a healthy sheet pan recipe would be a welcomed idea by all. Whether you celebrated the Super Bowl or not, it’s always nice to start the week off with something easy, colorful, and delicious. This sheet pan recipe is all of that, and I really could not be more into it. It’s SO GOOD.
I actually made this just this past Friday. I had other plans for today’s post, but was way too excited to share this recipe. It’s one of those dinners I know I’ll be making time and time again.
Over the years I’ve made a lot of versions of Shawarma, none of them all that traditional…definitely not this cauliflower Shawarma. But they’re all wonderful in their own way. Shawarma is a middle eastern street food made with roasted meat. Originally lamb was used, but it’s often made with chicken, beef, or pork as well. The meat is then seasoned well, and usually served inside a pita, or on a plate with hummus.
I’ve been on a huge chickpea and sweet potato kick these last few weeks. So when I had the idea of a hummus bowl with sesame sweet potatoes, I knew I also needed to include chicken Shawarma.
Quite simply, here’s a way to enjoy a bowl of hummus and middle eastern street food, both together for dinner.
Perfect for Monday night, right?
The quick break down of this sheet pan dinner.
For starters, find yourself a good sheet pan. A lot of you have been asking what my personal favorite is. I love these USA Pans. I don’t use them in photos because they don’t project that “vintage” look I often go for. But I do use them almost everyday. The ridges keep food from sticking and make for easiest clean up.
You got your sheet pan? Great. Now add some chicken breasts and season them well with plenty of garlic, smoked paprika (very important for flavor), cumin, and lemon. Add sweet potatoes, sesame seeds, and olive oil. Toss, toss, toss. Then roast in the oven until the chicken is cooked and the sweet potatoes are charring on the edges.
While the chicken is roasting, mix up a simple arugula and sun-dried tomato salad. Locate some hummus (yes, store bought is totally fine), slice up some cucumbers, and crumble some feta. Once the chicken and sweet potatoes have finished cooking, toss everything together.
I love swirling the hummus in the bottom of a low bowl and then layering in the chicken, sweet, potatoes, feta, arugula salad, and cucumbers. Oh, and the naan too You know you can’t forget the naan.
It’s kind of like eating at a middle eastern restaurant snuggled in the heart of NYC. But better, because you’re nice and cozy in your own home.
Bonus? This is such a great meal to incorporate into your weekly meal prep.
If you make this sheet pan chicken Shawarma, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to also tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
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this was amazing, even my pickiest eaters loved it!
Thank you Erin!! xTieghan
Amazing recipe!! The flavors of this dish are outstanding! The recipe was easy to follow and EVERYONE loved it! I will definitely make this dish again! I would have submitted a pic, but the sights and smells of the finished dish were so good that we couldn’t wait to try it! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!!!
Thank you for trying it!! I am so glad this turned out so well for you Wendy! xTieghan
I am obsessed with this recipe. Weird combination of ingredients, but it’s perfection. I add rice and definitely homemade hummus. Thank you for this dish!
Thank you Megan! I am so glad you loved this! xTieghan
This was so good. I didn’t have the sun dried tomatoes for the arugula so I just used olive oil, salt and pepper. It was quick and easy and oh so good. Another half baked harvest win!
LOVE THAT! Thank you Kelly! xTieghan
WOW! This was beyond delicious & easy to make – what more could you want? I absolutely love schwarma but have never made it at home, so I’m very excited to have found this recipe! I was skeptical about how the sesame seeds would taste with the sweet potato but they were great!
I’ll definitely be making this again!
This was so good to eat and easy to make! My entire family loved it and asked me to put this in my weekly meal rotation!
We love your recipes and can’t wait for your new cookbook to arrive!
Thank you so much Christie! I am so glad you loved this recipe! xTieghan
Made this for dinner last night and it was soo delicious and perfect for autumn!! It smelled amazing while roasting- both the chicken and sweet potatoes were very flavorful and we loved how roasty they got in the pan! Served with store bought Mediterranean hummus (worked out great), feta, and the suggested simple sun-dried tomato salad 🙂 We are enjoying the leftovers for lunches this week- thanks Tieghan!
Thank you so much Jenna! xTieghan
Hey! Question for you. If the chicken breasts I’m using are super large, would you recommend cutting in half before baking?
HI Shannan! Yes, I would cut extra large breast in half before baking for sure! That way everything will cook evenly. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe! Thank you! xTieghan
I love every recipe I’ve made of yours! I can always always eat mediterranean too so this was right up my alley. The only thing is when I make your sheet pan recipes, I end up burning something. I doubled this recipe so had two pans and rotated/swapped them midway through. The one with more juice didnt burn as much but all of the sauce was super burned. It didn’t mess the chicken or potato up really so I guess it was a win, but it def doesn’t come out looking as pretty as yours. Suggestions?
Hey Casey! What type of baking sheets are you using? Are they darker in color by chance? That can greatly affect the outcome of the dish and dark sheets can cause burning. wondering if your sheets may be different from mine? Let me know and I can help problem solve. I am so glad you love this recipe! Thank you! xTieghan
This is SO good! The sweet potatoes make it! Such a great combination of flavors!
Thank you so much Jodi! xTieghan
The recipe looks great but I’m not sure about cooking boneless chicken breast at 450 degrees for 45 mins. Won’t that dry it out?
Hi Tricia! I don’t find them to be dry at all, but please cook them for however long you feel comfortable. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I hope you love this recipe! Thank you! xTieghan
This recipe is incredible! Made the Hummus from scratch, and it turned out absolutely perfect and so satisfying. Thank you!
Thank you Sarah! xTieghan
Our family loves this recipe!! I have used both chicken and salmon and both are amazing! Thank you for sharing your delicious recipes!
Thank you Kristin! xTieghan
Delicious as always! I put the sweet potatoes on a separate tray from the chicken mixture since I had small-ish chicken breasts. the chicken was up to it’s internal temp within 25 minutes. The sweet potatoes took the whole 40. Loved it and will definitely make it again— it was a good week night meal.
Thank you so much Sarah! xTieghan
Another winner. We didn’t make the bowls as directed, but just put everything on a plate and ate it on naan. It was delicious.
Thank you Alex! xTieghan