Greek Chicken Gyros with Tzaziki

Ingredients

• Chicken thigh

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  907g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• White or Red Cooking Wine

  Francesco Rinaldi

  1 tablespoon or 100g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Greek yogurt

  Plain, whole fat

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  1 ½ tbsp, leaves or 5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Cucumber

  With peel, raw

  2 cucumber or 602g

• Fat Free Yoghurt

  Lemon Greek Style - Muller

  125g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Tomatoes

  Green, raw

  3 medium or 369g

• Cucumber

  Peeled, raw

  3 medium or 603g

• Onions

  Sweet, raw

  ½ onion or 166g

• Parsley

  Raw

  ¼ cup or 15g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Pita bread

  White, enriched

  500g

Directions

1. Place the Marinade ingredients in a ziplock bag and massage to mix. Add the chicken into the ziplock bag and massage to cover all the chicken in the Marinade. Marinate for at least 2 hours, preferably 3 hours, ideally 12 hours and no longer than 24 hours.
2. Make the Tzatziki
3. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise. Use a teaspoon to scrape the watery seeds out. Coarsely grate the cucumber using a box grater. Then wrap in paper towels or a tea towel and squeeze to remove excess liquid.
4. Place cucumber in a bowl. Add remaining ingredients then mix to combine. Set aside for at least 20 minutes for the flavours to meld.
5. Salad
6. Combine ingredients in a bowl.
7. Cook Chicken
8. Brush the outdoor grill with oil, then preheat on medium high. Or heat 1 tbsp of oil in a fry pan over medium high heat.
9. Remove chicken from Marinade. Cook the chicken for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown and cooked through (cooking time depends on size of chicken).
10. Remove the chicken from the grill / fry pan onto a plate. Cover loosely with foil and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
11. Assemble Gyros
12. If your chicken thighs are large, you may need to cut them. Mine were small.
13. Get a pita bread or flatbread (preferably warmed) and place it on a piece of parchment (baking) paper (or you could use foil). Place some Salad down the middle of the bread, then top with chicken and Tzatziki.
14. Roll the wrap up, enclosing it with the parchment paper. Twist the end with the excess parchment paper to secure it and cut if desired.
15. I prefer to lay everything out on a table and let everyone help themselves.
16. Recipe by: Nagi | RecipeTin Eats (source: https://www.recipetineats.com/greek-chicken-gyros-with-tzatziki/)

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