Chicken Gyros
Directions
- 1Hit boneless, skinless chicken thighs with the best olive oil you got.
- 2Add a healthy spoonful of Greek yogurt.
- 3Add fresh garlic, smashed into a paste.
- 4Optionally, add some Dijon mustard.
- 5Add a healthy heap of good oregano.
- 6Season with salt, pepper, and a little cumin.
- 7Zest down a lemon, then introduce all its juice.
- 8Toss on a glove and give this a really nice mix.
- 9Marinate the chicken until you lose patience.
- 10Shave your cucumber like this for the tzatziki.
- 11Give the cucumber a quick grate.
- 12Squeeze out all the juice from the grated cucumber.
- 13Add the cucumber to full-fat Greek yogurt.
- 14Add fresh chopped dill, more good olive oil, and enough garlic.
- 15Finish the tzatziki with lemon juice, a healthy sprinkle of salt and pepper.
- 16To cook the chicken, use a medium-hot oven-safe pan.
- 17Make a layer of chicken in the pan.
- 18Throw the hot pan into the oven at 375 degrees.
- 19Cook chicken for about 25 minutes, broiling on the last five.
- 20Once chopped, throw the chicken back into those beautiful pan drippings.
- 21Assemble the gyro with a warm pita, tzatziki, seasoned tomato, loaded with chicken, and finish with lots of fries.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 0.25 cup olive oil
- 0.25 cup Greek yogurt
- 6 cloves fresh garlic, smashed into a paste
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp oregano
- to taste salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 0.5 tsp cumin
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- 1 large cucumber, shaved and grated
- 4 cups full-fat Greek yogurt
- 0.5 cup fresh chopped dill
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 lemon juice
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 4 large pitas
- sliced tomato
- fries
Equipment
oven-safe panglovegrater
Tips
- Smash garlic into a paste for even flavor.
- Marinate chicken until you lose patience.
- Shave cucumber for proper tzatziki.
- Squeeze out all juice from grated cucumber.
- Throw chopped chicken back into pan drippings.
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