chicken ciabatta shish tawook sandwich

This chicken (today it’s a turkey) sandwich is my take on the Lebanese shish tawook I had in Lebanon during my last visit…I think I tried every shish tawook sandwich in that country (Cut n Grill in Jounieh had one of the best)…I was in love with this sandwich. I immediately came back home and made my version with ciabatta bread vs pita bread. Since your swimming in turkey make your turkey version using these simple steps. You will want to know this information before you proceed…fresh garlic is an inhibitor of cancer cells.

2 slices of fresh lightly toasted ciabatta bread (you want the crust on both sides of bread)
spread a generous amount of garlic mayo on inside of both breads to make this sandwich creamy and moist (mashed garlic about 2 gloves combined with 1/2 cup of mayo)
or make your own in a blender (recipe below)
place layer of left over turkey meat that’s been drizzled with garlic olive oil (recipe below) it’s a garlic party or if making the original chicken version use grilled seasoned w salt n pepper chicken breast sliced thick and drizzled w garlic olive oil
add a layer of cabbage slaw that u’ve prepared earlier (recipe below)
layer of french fries (cut potatoes into skinny sticks and fry in canola or peanut oil till golden brown take out and blot on paper towel sprinkle with some salt)
last layer of sliced mediterranean pickles you find in your local mediterranean store or dill pickles are fine I won’t tell anyone

garlic mayo

4-5 gloves of garlic
generous sprinkle of salt
squeeze of lemon about 1 teaspoon of juice
1 egg white
blend above well
1/2 cup of olive oil* or canola oil that you will drizzle little by little 1 tablespoon at a time into blender while it’s on till you get a fluffy white garlic mayo
store in air tight container for a week in fridge

quick n easy mediterranean cabbage slaw

1/2 green cabbage head (thinly sliced)
drizzle of olive oil about 4 tablespoons (also a tiny drizzle of that garlic olive oil you’ve made…remember garlic party)
1/2 teaspoon salt to taste
juice of 1/2 lemon
In a medium bowl toss above ingredients…that’s it quick n easy…you could do it in your sleep!

garlic olive oil

4 large garlic cloves
1/2 cup olive oil
pinch of salt
Mash up garlic n salt until paste consistency
In a small bowl whisk together mashed garlic n olive oil

* please note make sure your olive oil is not bitter…some brands tend to be bitter and can be overpowering

Below is the type of mortar n pestle I use to mash up garlic (mediterranean market)