![]() ![]() ![]() I'm sad for Margarit Iskenderian, but even sadder for everyone else if this is the end of Zankou. Add 1 cup of riced/food milled cooked russet. Open the small hole on the blender lid and cover it with a paper towel to keep it from splattering everywhere. Cover with the lid and puree on the highest setting. I'm going to post something in New York to find something comparable. Instructions Add garlic cloves, salt, and lemon juice to the jar of a blender. ![]() I have found good schwerma here (Rainbow Falafel on 17th), but it's very very different and pales in comparison to my beloved Zankou. ![]() I've searched high and low for a close replacement in New York, but I haven't found anything close (admittedly I haven't looked outside of Manhattan much). The little glimmer of hope evaporates quickly when they learn the tshirt is from LA. I've been stopped on the streets in New York, and asked if Zankou Chicken has opened something here. People who've been there know the tshirt I'm talking about. radishes), hummus, pita bread and a curious plastic container of a white sauce/spread which turned out to be their garlic sauce. She even gave me a Zankou tshirt (egg yolk yellow with orange lettering) a couple of years ago. A good friend, and I'm very lucky - I don't know that I'd be able to do that for someone else (carry on a cooler? please. At least twice a year she'll bring me back Zankou sandwiches - she makes a point to stop by Sunset/Zankou the day before flying back, and carries the sandwiches back on the plane, in a mini cooler. Watermelon rind? Beets?Ī good friend lives in New York, but her parents live in Brentwood. but Heaven! The slightly charred chicken compliments the other strong flavors very well, makes them a little more mellow and brings them back together.įor those in the know - *what* exactly are those pickles. It's all about the garlic paste, pickles, and small peppers - all very strong competing flavors, the result is difficult to describe. The sandwiches are simple in their construction - a folded pita (from plastic bag - not made fresh) a very pungent, thick, white garlic sauce (perhaps a little olive oil?) chicken cut from a rotating spit (similar to how gyros are cooked - the chicken meat is probably 90% white, and almost like butterflied breasts stacked up on the spit) neon pink pickles (the type of which I'm not sure), ranging from small slivers to several inches long (cut like a french fry) and small, very hot yellow peppers (somewhat similar to pepperoncini, but much smaller and hotter). You'd think that surly service, coupled with the harsh neon lights and less-comfortable-than-a-picnic-bench seating would keep me away, but I couldn't make it through a month without eating at Zankou *at least* twice - and often significantly more. To me, the service at Zankou is beyond apathetic - it's downright surly (at least in Van Nuys - my experiences at the Hollywood location were slightly better). In another thread today, I made mention of my very low tolerance to apathetic service. M: "It's only 9:40, you don't close until 10" Me: "Two chicken schwerma, extra pickle & peppers" During a point in my career when I was working late a lot, probably two nights a week I'd push myself to get out of the office so that I could make it to Zankou before they closed. Before New York, I lived in Sherman Oaks, less than a mile from the Van Nuys Zankou location. We used two and just as long as everyone has some, you will be fine.Zankou Chicken is one of my favorites. It is thick, garlicy, and addictive! If you are brave, use two whole heads of garlic if tamer, use one. This sauce is a combination of the Middle Eastern Toum and the Greek dip Skordalia. The secret garlic sauce that Zankou chicken makes most probably is a version of Toum, a labor-intensive garlic sauce that has a tendency to “break.” We solved that problem by adding in mashed potato, which stabilizes the sauce. You can find za’atar in specialty stores, online, and even well-stocked grocery stores. This Za’atar Chicken Legs with Garlic Sauce recipe is reminiscent of their famous chicken.įor this copycat version, we roasted whole chicken legs from Bell & Evans (to simulate the popular quarter dark chicken plate) with za’atar, a Middle Eastern spice blend that includes savory herbs, toasted sesame seeds, and sumac. Anyone who has spent time in Los Angeles is probably familiar with Zankou Chicken, a small family-owned chain of fast-food restaurants that specialized in roasted chicken and their secret garlic sauce. ![]()
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