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Years ago the Mediteranean diet was all the rage. Everyone was tapping into their secrets for living healthy lives. Since then, Greek food has been in the spotlight for it’s use of fresh herbs and spices, protein packed Greek yogurt, and flavorful meats.
I am full-on obsessed with it. Bring on the Greek food! I am pretty sure I could eat Pita Jungle every day of my life and be happy.
So, I wanted to create a homemade Greek Chicken Gyro recipe using marinated spiced chicken, grilled to perfection and topped with a homemade tzatziki sauce, fresh Greek Salad, all on a warm pita bread. Phenomenal!
Here’s a few key tips to making an out-of-this-world Greek Chicken Gyro with Tzatziki Sauce:
- Marinate your chicken. You want it to not only be flavorful but juicy as well. By marinating it in greek yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, spices, and red wine vinegar, it gives it time for the chicken to soak in all of those traditional Greek flavors. At least 2-4 hours is a suggested amount of time but 24 hours is ideal.
- Make your own Tzatziki sauce. It is so easy since it is made in one bowl and uses only the freshest of ingredients. The key is to squeeze out as much water from the grated cucumber as possible. This ensures that the tzatziki sauce stays nice and creamy. I used Fage 2% Greek yogurt but the fat-free version works well too. Taste for seasoning and salt accordingly.
- These Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki sauce can be wrapped in your favorite pita bread. You can use soft flatbread or Naan bread as well. Warm your pitas before wrapping to make them nice and soft.
- You can also serve this chicken, Greek salad, and handcrafted tzatziki sauce in a bowl. Serve alone or on top of romaine lettuce.
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Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce
Ingredients
- Chicken Marinade:
- 2 lbs. Chicken Breast cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup Greek Yogurt
- 3 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 2 teaspoons Oregano
- Tzatziki Sauce:
- 1 1/2 cups Greek Yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
- 1-2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 Tablespoons Fresh Dill diced
- 3 Garlic Cloves finely diced
- 1 cucumber grated and squeezed to drain
- Greek Salad:
- 3 Tomatoes diced
- 2 Cucumber peeled and diced
- 1/4 Red Onion diced
- 2 Tablespoons Fresh Italian Parsley diced
- 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Feta Cheese
- 4-6 Greek Pita Breads Naan bread, or Flatbread
Instructions
- Place chicken, yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and oregano in bag and let marinate at least 30 minutes, preferably 2-4 hours. The ideal time is 24 hours.
- To make tzatziki sauce, stir together yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, dill, and garlic. Stir in grated cucumber and taste for seasonings. Squeeze the cucumber to remove excess water before adding to rest of ingredients.
- To make greek salad, place tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley, olive oil, salt and pepper in bowl. Stir to coat. Season to taste.
- Chicken can be cooked on grill or in skillet. To cook on grill -- place chicken on kebobs and heat grill to medium heat. Cook for 5-7 minutes per side or until chicken is full cooked.
- To cook chicken on skillet. Heat skillet to medium high heat. Sprinkle with oil. Add chicken and cook for 8-10 minutes, or until chicken is fully cooked and golden brown.
- Place chicken in pita bread. You can warm the pita bread to make it pliable. Top with tzatziki sauce and greek salad. Add additional feta, if desired.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I hope your family loves these Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce and I can’t wait to hear all about what you are making in your kitchen!
I have to come back and leave a comment for you. The chicken was so delicious that my Greek mother-in-law approved it. Very juicy, flavorful and easy to make. Thank you for sharing your recipe!
DELICIOUS!!!!!! 5 stars!!
I made these for dinner last night. I am only one person, so I cut recipe in half. Plenty for two big Naan bread. I could only eat a half. This recipe is perfect. Did all the prep in the morning, plenty of time for full flavor. Tomatoes are not good in the grocery store, so used sliced cherry tomatoes, perfect size. Did chicken in iron skillet. Gave chicken great crust. This is definitely a keeper!!!!!
I followed your recipe a to a “T” and my family absolutely loved it. When we lived in Detroit we could easily go to
Greek Town to find a good gyro, but now we live in Georgia and the good ones are far and few in between. Thanks for the recipe and a little taste of home.
This was amazing and I shared with my online meal planning group!
Made these for dinner last night and LOVED them! My hubby loved them, too – the kids just ate the pita (they are super picky, I made them at least try the chicken)
will be sharing this with friends and making it again.
I have made this recipe several times over the past couple years. It is always a hit! (It’s always an accomplishment to find something all 4 kids will eat). Sometimes I use the marinade just to make grilled chicken; must be the yogurt that makes it moist and keeps it from drying out (?) Anyway, we love it – thank you!
Amazing so happy i found this recipe!
I LOVE this recipe. I use this for the chicken, I use it for tzatziki, I use it all together. I love this recipe! So amazingly delicious. I would like to note; I have used a skillet once to make the chicken instead of the grill and it just wasn’t as delicious. I would definitely suggest using the grill to cook the chicken. So good. It has become a staple dish in my house.
Made this tonight and it was a hit, will definitely save this recipe and make it again