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Chicken gyros served with fresh vegetables, tzatziki sauce and pitta bread.
Spicy chicken gyros with crisp vegetables, homemade tzatziki sauce and soft pitta bread.

Chicken gyros

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses
Gyros (meaning 'turn') is traditionally roasted on a vertical spit, but you can achieve that characteristic flavour at home in a frying pan too. The secret lies in the marinade: the spices dissolve in the oil and permeate the meat, whilst the yoghurt-acidic medium (if included in the marinade) tenderises the fibres. The contrast between fresh, crunchy vegetables and warm meat makes it unbeatable.
🕒 Prep Time 40 mins
🍳 Cook Time 15 mins
⌛ Total Time 55 mins
🍽️ Servings 5 servings
🔥 Calories 480 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Greek / International

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Frying pan
  • Bowl for marinating
  • Knife

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Cut the chicken into thin strips. Mix with the olive oil and the spice mix. Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Tip: The oil dissolves the aromatics, allowing them to penetrate deeper into the meat fibres.
2 ✓

Prepare the sauce (Tzatziki style): mix the yoghurt with the crushed garlic, lemon juice, a pinch of salt and (optionally) grated, squeezed cucumber.

Tip: The flavour of the garlic intensifies as it sits!
3 ✓

Chop the vegetables: slice the onion thinly, and cut the tomatoes and pepper into cubes or strips.

Tip: Red onion is less pungent and has a nicer colour.
4 ✓

Heat a frying pan (no fat needed as it's in the marinade) and fry the chicken strips until red and crispy.

Tip: Fry over a high heat so it sears (roasts) rather than steams in its own juices.
5 ✓

Toast the pittas in a pan or toaster, cut off the corner (or open them up), and fill with the meat, vegetables and sauce.

Tip: Warm pitta is more flexible and won't break whilst filling.

Recipe FAQ

Why isn't the meat flavourful enough?
You didn't let it rest in the marinade long enough, or you cut the strips too thick.
Why did the pitta get soggy?
The yoghurt dressing was too runny, or you didn't drain the juice from the vegetables (tomatoes, cucumber).

Ingredients

  • 500 g Chicken breast fillet
  • 3 tbsp Olive oil
  • 2 tbsp Gyros spice mix (or a mixture of oregano, thyme, garlic granules)
  • 1 Bell pepper
  • 1 Cucumber
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • 1 head Red onion
  • 200 ml Greek yoghurt
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 5 Pitta breads
  • 1 tsp Salt