Alternative to using skewers?

[pontipinemum]

I made chicken shawarma over the weekend for the first time. Absolutely delicious and I'd like to do it again. But the absolute effort of making the skewers really puts me off.

Would maybe putting them into a hot air fryer basket work?

I marinade the chicken, cook in air fryer then assemble everything after.

This is still using a skewer, but I have one of those skewers that stands on its own and has a little metal base - then you just plonk the chicken breasts onto it (either whole breasts or butterfly) and it's so much easier than having to skewer little chunks onto handheld individual skewers.

I make this https://www.recipetineats.com/one-skillet-baked-chicken-shawarma-and-rice-pilaf/

It isn’t authentic like skewers but has the same flavours and bonus it’s a complete meal (with some veg)

@festivemouse this is what I used https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WJ2BR89?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

Is yours sort of like what you'd get in the kebab shop?

@minipie I do a lot of 1 pot meals in my ninja that looks very much so like something I'd love

@pontipinemum yes mine is just one big one! Yours looks incredibly fancy 😂

@festivemouse I'm a very fancy person 😂I bought it years ago and hardly use it because every time I do I remember how much I hate making skewers. They do come in handy for sticking through a gammon etc that I think might fall apart.

Unless you are cooking it over a fire, I can’t see why you need it on a skewer. I make a shawarma chicken and veg just in a roasting tray and we have it flatbreads or over rice.

Last year I bought skewers which are 1cm wide and flat, just like the kebab shop type. The meat doesn't spin around and they are a game changer.

To answer your question though, its worth a try in the air fryer. Ours has a rotisserie bit, either for a while chicken, or a basket which spins to get heat to all parts. If you have one of those, it should work really well.