Greek Chicken Gyro

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 30 min

Servings: 6

1 - 100 gram

Easy homemade Greek chicken gyro recipe. Yogurt-marinated chicken tenders, packed with flavor from warm spices, and loaded into a pita wrap with homemade tzatziki sauce and all the fixings you love! You can make this Greek chicken in a non-stick pan, outdoor grill, or baked in the oven.

Tzatziki

Ingredients

FOR THE CHICKEN

1 1/2 pounds chicken tenders

extra virgin olive oil for the pan

FOR THE CHICKEN GYRO MARINADE

1 cup greek yogurt

1 juice of lemon

2 tbsp greek extra virgin olive oils

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

3 garlic cloves minced

1 pinch kosher salt

1 pinch black pepper

1 tbsp oregano

1 tsp sweet paprika

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp ground coriander

1 pinch cayenne pepper, optional

OTHER GYROS FIXINGS

pita bread

1 large tomato sliced

1 cucumber sliced

1 green pepper cored and sliced

1 small red onion sliced into half moons

pitted kalamata olives

Directions

Marinate chicken and prepare gyro fixings. In a larger mixing bowl, combine the marinade ingredients, mix well. Add the chicken tenders and mix to make sure chicken is well coated with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes (or refrigerate overnight.) Meanwhile, make Tzatziki sauce according to this recipe, and prepare the pita and other gyro fixings.

Cook chicken. Heat 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high until shimmering but not smoking. Add chicken tenders to the pan. Cook on one side undisturbed for 5 minutes until browned. Using a pair of tongs, turn chicken over and cook on other side for another 5 minutes or until chicken is done.

Assemble the chicken gyros. Warm up some pita. Spread Tzatziki sauce on top, then add chicken (about 2 to 3 tenders) and top with tomato, cucumber, green pepper, red onion and olives as you