# Healthy Chicken Gyros

This recipe shows how to make a healthy chicken gyro served with the freshest tzatziki and some dirty garage.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 chicken thigh meat
- 1 chili
- 1 garlic
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 pinch oregano
- 1 big handful minced mint
- 1 lemon lemon juice
- 1 grated cucumber
- 1 diced tomatoes
- 1 iceberg lettuce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil

## Instructions

1. Prep the chicken: cut it into pieces and add it to a bowl.
2. Grate in your chili, garlic and lemon zest.
3. Spoon in yogurt, season with salt, pepper and oregano, and leave to marinade for 30 minutes.
4. Make the tzatziki: add chopped mint and lemon juice to yogurt. Season generously, then add your grated cucumber. Make sure you squeeze the cucumber gratings to remove moisture. Mix and set aside.
5. Dice the tomatoes, removing the stems and add them to a bowl with oregano, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Mix and leave to chill.
6. Slice up some iceberg lettuce.
7. Cook the chicken in a grill pan or frying pan on a high heat until brown and charred.
8. Assemble the gyros: add a big dollop of tzatziki to a warm pitta bread, then add your lettuce, tomatoes and chicken. Top with more tzatziki.

## Equipment

- knife
- grater
- bowl
- grill pan or frying pan
- pitta

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdjPek9H/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bcc51368-ac85-4738-b63a-ea65e9c6f2c8
- Extracted: 2025-05-01

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