Chicken Gyros

Name: Chicken Gyros
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 600g chicken breast fillets, skinless (trimmed); 2 tbsp 2% Greek yoghurt (for the marinade); 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 lemon (zest and juice, split); 3 garlic cloves (split); 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp smoked paprika; ½ tsp ground cumin; 200g 2% Greek yoghurt (for the tzatziki); ½ cucumber (coarsely grated); 4 large pita breads; 2 tomatoes (sliced); ½ red onion (thinly sliced); 1 handful lettuce, shredded; salt and black pepper (to taste)

Grilled marinated chicken sliced into a warm pita with tzatziki, lettuce, tomato and red onion, then folded to eat.

Serves: 4
Prep: 20min
Cook: 15min
Total: 35min

Programs: Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Lean Bulk and Recomp, Maintenance, Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Cardiometabolic

Per serving

Calories: 374kcal
Protein: 41.1g
Carbs: 28.9g
Fat: 10.7g
Fibre: 2.5g

Ingredients

MetricUS

For 4 servings · MetricUS

600gchicken breast fillets, skinlesstrimmed
2 tbsp2% Greek yoghurtfor the marinade
1 tbspolive oil
1lemonzest and juice, split
3garlic clovessplit
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspsmoked paprika
½ tspground cumin
200g2% Greek yoghurtfor the tzatziki
½cucumbercoarsely grated
4large pita breads
2tomatoessliced
½red onionthinly sliced
1 handfullettuce, shredded
salt and black pepperto taste

1.3 lbchicken breast fillets, skinlesstrimmed
2 tbsp2% Greek yogurtfor the marinade
1 tbspolive oil
1lemonzest and juice, split
3garlic clovessplit
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspsmoked paprika
½ tspground cumin
¾ cup2% Greek yogurtfor the tzatziki
½cucumbercoarsely grated
4large pita breads
2tomatoessliced
½red onionthinly sliced
1 handfullettuce, shredded
salt and black pepperto taste

Method

Prep the chicken.
Open the chicken out flat and trim any loose fat.
Cut each breast into two or three wide strips.
Marinate the chicken.
In a bowl, mix the 2 tablespoons yoghurt, olive oil, the zest and half the lemon juice, two grated garlic cloves, oregano, paprika, cumin, salt and pepper.
Turn the chicken through it and leave for 15 minutes while you prep the rest.
Make the tzatziki.
Grate the cucumber, then squeeze it hard in your hands to drive out the water.
Stir it into the 200g yoghurt with the last garlic clove grated in, the remaining lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
Taste and adjust.
Cook the chicken.
Heat a griddle pan or grill to high.
Lay the chicken on and cook for 4 to 5 minutes a side, until charred at the edges and cooked through.
Rest for a couple of minutes, then slice into strips.
Warm the pitas.
Warm the pita breads on the dry griddle for 20 seconds a side until soft and pliable.
Assembly and serving.
Lay a pita on each plate.
Spread with tzatziki, pile on lettuce, tomato and red onion, then the sliced chicken.
Spoon over more tzatziki, fold and serve one to each person.

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Chicken Gyros

Ingredients

Method

Prep the chicken.

Marinate the chicken.

Make the tzatziki.

Cook the chicken.

Warm the pitas.

Assembly and serving.

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