Roasted Greek Chicken Gyros
Roasted chicken gyros with soft greek pita flatbread filled with veggies, light greek yogurt sauce, and tender roasted chicken fillets.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 500g / 1 pound chicken breast
marinade:
- 130g / 1 cup olive oil
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 tsp rosemary
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
filling:
- 4 pitta bread
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1 onion
- 4 slices feta cheese
sauce:
- 200g greek yogurt
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 grated cucuber
Instructions
- Place the marinade ingredients in a ziplock bag, add the chicken in, close the bag, and mix. Refrigerate the chicken for at least 1h.
- Pan-fry the chicken tights on an oiled pan on each side for 5 minutes. Then transfer to in the oven on 180C/350F for 15-20minute. Once the chicken is cooked, cut it into slices, and leave it on the side.
- In the meantime cut the tomato and cucumber into small pieces and slice the onion.
- Mix all the ingredients for the sauce together.
- Take the pita bread in a lightly oiled pan and warm it up. Then fill with chicken, tomatoes cucumbers, and onion and spoon the sauce and the feta cheese on top.
- Wrap the pita bread-like burrito or just fold it in half and enjoy!